What Up with Dat?

I'm not a runner and for the mere fact that I have been trying to get pregnant for 3 years with no results I decided that if I cant get pregnant I am going to get skinny!!!

Then for some reason I think by running a half marathon in January- (the PF Chang Rock and Roll Half Marathon)... I will be able to accomplish one of the two...

In all honesty I was inspired after I had a visit home to my sisters where she is a runner by heart and has already run/ran (whatever the correct grammar is) 2 halves and is wanting to run a full and actually qualify for the Boston Marathon. Long story short, she gave me a book called "The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training" by Dawn Dais and I read the entire thing on my flight back home from Chicago.

This past Sunday 2 days after coming back and reading the book, I decided this is it.. Im going to run a half marathon...

I printed out each month (Oct, Nov, Dec and Jan) and wrote in the training schedule from the book. After that, I cut my coupons; a ritual I do every Sunday in an effort to save at least $50 per store visit or else I am not satisfied.. (another blog in itself)... I digress, so back to Sunday... after 45 minutes of trying to find my work out clothes that were buried in my closet, my heart rate monitor, my shoes, my good socks because Karyn said I needed good socks, a hairband, my Ipod, the Ipod armband, and the headphones, I was finally ready to walk/run the first training of a whopping 35 Mins.  No problem.. hahahaha.

I started out walking fast (forgot the stretching before) then picked up the pace for about 2.2 seconds. Why cant I run? What is wrong with me? is all I thought while trying to run. I went around a park close by all the while fighting the aches and pains and my armband and headphones.. 

Couple things to think about for next time:
a. stretch
b. don't run at high noon in AZ (any day)
c. bring a bottle of water 
d. Don't run hahaha.. just kidding.

I walked and ran (a little) a little route which was so little I didn't even finish 35mins. I got to my house at 27mins and couldn't muster up the energy to run one more time around our neighborhood for 8 more minutes- plus I had to go meet Andy (my husband) at his 70 mile bike race before he finished.. (yet another blog in itself).

After meeting with my crazy athletic husband and all of his even more crazy athletic friends (2 girls are training for the ironman to put into perspective) I had a chance to talk to one of the guys who trains the said 2 girls for Ironmans. After I told him about me wanting to run the PF Changs Half, and that I couldn't even finish the first training, he gave me the best advice ever- to run out for half the training time (in this case 17.5 mins) and back the other half.. ding.. great idea.. we also talked more, so after being with that caliber of athletes, I was even more fueled and inspired to go get em...

Monday was my first rest day- Yay I can get use to that... 

Tuesday was another 35minute day.. Sunday night I went and got a water fanny pack holder thingy (just as the book said) and filled up every pocket with my phone, my Itouch, and water it added 5lbs to my already overweight body to push for 35mins. And of course I didnt go out 17.5 mins because I didn't want to run up that hill I had run down on the 17.5 back, so I just did a route and then had to run around my block 2 times to get to 35mins. I struggled with my fanny pack falling and moving and weighing me down and my headband fell off so I had to fun back a few steps to get it, but all in all I finished and I felt great!

Since I am just starting this blog Wednesday (today) I will posts todays not so successful entry in a new post!

Happy Reading!