So as of Wednesday I became a runner! This is very new for me and I am very excited! I thought I should start a "progress journal", but since this is the era of blogging, I thought it might be more fun to share my journey with the blogging world. So here goes! I hope this will help me be more accountable, and just maybe it will be a little inspiring to those who read it. So, a little history into what has started this journey. In January of 09, I started on a path of getting healthy and taking a little more care of myself. I quietly, to myself made it "my year". You know, as mom's we tend to care for everyone else and get whatever is left over. So, I started eating better and lost 35 pounds, I went back to college to get my degree in Early Childhood Education and should be done with that next spring. For a few years now I have thought about running, but let's face it I was the girl in school who always "forgot" her gym clothes! So, needless to say, I'm not very athletic. But for whatever reason, maybe it's because I'm getting closer to 40, I thought I should make it a goal to run a 5k. Also, added to this goal, I am working on losing 18 more pounds. All of this by August 28, that is the day of the 5k called the Crim. So, here we go! Join me on this journey. Cheer me on, kick my butt, if needed, or just read along as I start this new phase of my life. Here is a before picture. This is before I lost any weight, and I will try to post pictures along my journey.
