Run, Baby, Run….and bring your friends and family

So I was all excited to start building up milage. Kim and I had planned on our standard Sunday morning run, upping the milage to 7. It rained. It poured. It blew and blustered and my phone rang. Early. So much for the outdoor run. I headed to the gym and hopped on the treadmill. I’ve logged some miles on the TM, but I have a bit of a mental block about going more than 4 miles (too boring…). I started anyway, cranked up the I-Pod and ran, ran, ran. For about 2 miles. After that, I’m pretty sure that my feet turned into lead weights and I was running on a treadmill belt made of molasses. And sinking slowly. The run became a jog became a run/walk became a walk. I finally called it quits at the 5 and a 1/4 mark. Next time, I’m running outside. Rain, thunder, snow…actually I like running in the snow, but that’s another story.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/30/2007
• Time: 07:30:00
• Total Time: 1:00:00.00
• Distance: 5.25 miles
• Average Pace: 11:25.71/mile

This is my weekend fix, the class I (almost) never miss. It’s a great combination of strength training, spinning and step work with a super motivational teacher. It always sets me up for a good weekend, and as my husband says, “An exercised Beth is a happy Beth”.

Logbook Activity

• Type: General Cardio
• Date: 09/29/2007
• Time: 09:30:00
• Total Time: 1:30:00.00

I’m a lucky woman who loves her life. I have an amazing husband who makes me laugh and challenges me all at the same time I have two very young, bright, funny, entertaining children and a job I love as a physcial therapist. In my free time, I’m a runner (slow but sure), a hiker, a writer (at least by avocation), and a human jungle gym for my little ones. This is my third 1/2 marathon, along with a couple fulls, but my first foray back into distance running since the two back-to-back little ones. (My running partner’s favorite fact about me is that my kids are 363 days apart.) It’s also my first attempt at any type of blogging, and I’m basically computer illiterate, so hang in there with me.