Challenges

Today I officially registered to run a half marathon on Nov. 2nd. Yes, you heard me right...that was Lisa (I) and half marathon in the same sentence. Crazy I know. I have never really been a runner, but over the past year or two I have ran occasionally to meet certain goals of running a few 5K's. I have never really enjoyed it. I basically started because I needed a form of exercise that could burn calories fast. I always thought it would be fun to run with someone else, but I never imagined I would be able to run and talk. I can barely breathe most of the time! This past spring I began running with a buddy (Melanie) and she has motivated me like you would not believe! We actually have fun running together and I would guess we can manage to talk now about 75% of the time. We have steadily increased our distance and are up to 7.5 miles. We are not fast and I am not graceful, but it is really fun. We have to squeeze the running in when our husbands are available to keep our kids and so it is a challenge. But I guess you could say we like challenges. My goal is to finish the race before the course closes!!