November

Wow how time flies. It has been awhile since my last blog post. Things have been going OK. I got through Thanksgiving and ate pretty well...way less than in the past that is for sure!! I need to send a hug shout to my cousin Cathy! It helps having others around that are eating healthy!! I have not been running much but decided the night before Thanksgiving that I needed to change that! I needed to get my lazy behind up and run. I ran to my grandma' house 2.35miles....not bad and then I got up on Thanksgiving morning and ran a little over 3 miles my time was not the greatest but it is better than nothing. I ran yesterday morning and that was a slow jog really- you see when I run alone I have very little desire to push myself- it is nuts but alone I am lazy! I decided I need to fix this laziness issue that I have going on! A friend from work Beth runs on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 5:15 so I have decided to tag along! We ran today and I can officially say I ran my fast 3miles ever!! We ran 3.45 miles in 35:24. I think we would have been faster had it not been for the wind. I am so thankful that Beth is letting me run with her! She helps push me to be faster and work harder and that is exactly what I need!! I am running the Santa Hustle this Saturday in city- I am hoping to run fast :-) 

2 races in 2 weeks

Well my month is up and I am back where I want to be,....right at 182- next phase is more loosing!!! I want to loose 10 by the first of the year- yes I know sounds totally crazy because of the holiday season- but I am going to try really hard!! I am also thinking about joining weight watchers-not sure if I will but I have done it before and I loved it- I think that the group support will give me the push I need to keep going on this journey!!!!

I have run two races since my last post- last weekend was the Monster Dash 5k- tons and tons of fun. One of my BFF's let me run with her son and man that boy gave me a killer work out! It was one of my best speed work runs ever!! Thanks BUD! This race was so much fun and no pressure- it was not chip timed but we ran and tricker-treated as we went! (who wouldn't love that) I went with my usual group of wonderful friends and we dressed up as Gatorade Bottles here is a picture of our fun!

Today I ran my 1st 15k- well really it was almost 10 miles-9.94 (not that I was counting :-) It was a fantastic run!! I ran with my friend Beth and she helped push me! We ran our 9.94 miles in 1:42mins! So almost 10miles in that time-WOOOHOOO!!! That was about a 10:30 pace. When I ran the Soldier Field 10 mile it took me 1:58- that was on May 28th- so I have taken over 10 minutes off of my time!! 1:30 off of each mile, I can not believe that!!  I continue to amaze myself (I do not mean that to sound self-centered) I am doing things that I never even thought were possible! I am surrounding myself with people that believe me and I am proving to myself that I can take control of this journey I am on! Here is a picture of Beth and I pre-race!!! We rocked it today!!