Starting Over...

My goal is to be able to run in a 10K in October, here in Huntington Beach! It has been quite a while since I have done much running at all so this is going to be my comeback! I hope I hope, my leg will not hurt and my bone spur will not return! Wish me luck.

This is going to be a tough one, coming back from a leg injury as well as not running for several months due to a heel bone spur. Now that I want to get back into running and be able to train for another half, everything just seems to be making it impossible to keep it consistent. Leg pain, heel pain, a bad cold, what's next? I'm not trying to be negative here, just talking it out.
I have finally written up on Excel, a weekly schedule for myself. It's a little on the full side so the first weeks will be for working out any kinks and making changes that are more realistic long-term.
Running is a priority because without it, I just can't maintain a healthy weight. Blame it on the thyroid!
Ok no excuses.
More tomorrow after we see how the short run goes!

7.5 miles! And feeling so good!

I realize I am sort of jumping in here in the middle; eventually, (please don't get impatient!), I will go back and get to the starting point. Right now, however, it's just so darn cool to have done a 7.6 mile run and still feel pretty darn great!

A year ago if you had asked me whether or not I ever thought I'd be running 7 miles, I would have asked if you were crazy! I'm just saying, it really is possible! If i can do it, so can you! I look forward to my long runs!

My Goal Time

Well it's official! I've made up my mind, and the goal time I will train for is 2:52:39! I have 107 days left to train for the Long Beach Half Marathon that I will be running with my husband this year in October. Please check back because I will be updating my training log and will post much more!

Sprinting Towards the Half!

Dan and I registered to run the half-marathon in Long Beach on October 9th 2011! I'm so excited! It will be the 1st anniversary of my very first half ever, and is also the location of that same first! Since then I've run 2 more: Superbowl Sunday in Feb. 2011 I ran the Surf City Half Marathon in Huntington Beach; on May 1st I completed the O.C. Half that begins in Newport Beach and ends at the Orange County Fairgrounds.

My husband, however, has never run a half marathon.