Little did I know...

that when I agreed to do the half marathon that training would start the last week of December/First week of January. But it seems so appropriate.  I didn't want to start training on January 1.  It seems too too....cliche.  So my first run was this week.    I was telling Lee that but starting small as the training schedule has you do you feel more confident.  Baby steps.  For the most part there is only one long/hard run for the week (Saturday) .  We will see how that goes.  I am still trying to figure out how to run on the days I work.  I am thinking although it will be bitter cold I will run after work.  The only issue is every other Monday and Tuesday.  I could get up in the morning but Lee has to be to work at 7 on the days I work and so that would mean getting up and running at five.  Which won't happen as long as Luke still isn't sleeping through the night.  Although I am hopefully now that we know he has an ear infection once that clears up he may sleep through the night. 

So my first run was really amazing.  It was a whole three miles.  But I felt like I could have done more.  I felt on top the world when I was done.  I have started craving more water instead of soda which is good. 

My schedule says I should cross training two days a week run four and rest one.  But Lee was saying he never crossed trained and while I guess it isn't that important I think it would help me,  I am thinking probably yoga which will help with the stretching and I think there is something about yoga that is spiritual and calming.  I will see next week about doing yoga when the little boys are sleeping. 

My journey

So several years ago around the same time Lee ran his first marathon, I knew I wanted to do a half marathon.  But then I got pregnant, had a baby, Dad got cancer, got pregnant again, lost my dad to cancer and then had a baby.  That last baby has been a trial.  Colic is real people and is hard and emotionally and physically draining.  So now that we are over most of the colic and Luke is starting to be a child that I don't want to send back I decided now is the time.  The time to focus on doing something for me.  The time to focus on getting healthy both physically and emotionally. So my sister every year run the SLC Marathon so that seemed like the perfect one.  I started a 16 week training that should get me in good enough shape that I won't pass out during the race.   So this is a place to write all my feelings about training.

April 18th here I come.