I know I haven’t written much the past few months…sickness, the holidays, my baby turning into a TODDLER! Needless to say, it’s been busy. But that’s just an excuse too. I’ve been kind of down…haven’t lost much weight since last June (but only fluctuated 9 pounds since then which is GOOD for me), tired all the time (yes, I know I have 3 kids, but a different kind of tired), constant headaches, and still have high blood pressure from my pregnancy (which my OB said could take 2 years from birth to go down).
So, last year at this time I wanted to lose 75 pounds. I have lost 30 and ran a half-marathon! Two things I am very proud of, but still feel this “weight” of how much I have to go…
I am only 34 and I just feel “blah” all the time. So, although training for that half-marathon was HARD, it did wonderful things for my self-esteem, weight-loss, energy, and overall physical well-being.
Okay…so I just signed up for THREE running races. A 5K (where you run into Wrigley, how cool is that?) in April, a 10 mile race (that ends on the 50 yard line of Soldier Field!) in May, and the 1/2 marathon again in June. I feel all nervous doing them…but I know I CAN do it this time. AND I’m in better shape, weigh 30 pounds less, and can already run 4 miles comfortably (last year I couldn’t even run a half mile when I started training). It was hard to do it, but I sure liked the feeling when I accomplished it! And hopefully it will help my well-being, my health, and my weigh loss.
Pray for endurance! Pray for no injuries! Just pray!
Oh…and anyone want to run with me??!!!
http://www.chicagoevents.com/event.cfm?eid=105
http://www.fleetfeetchicago.com/htm/events_races_soldier.asp
You can do it Kara! GO GO GOOOOO!