About Me

Welcome to my blog!  I am utilizing this blog as a motivator to keep myself on track with my goal of running a marathon.  At the end of May 2012, I ran my first, and this May I finally ran my second half.  All of the joy and pain that comes along with training for a half marathon was an experience I will never forget.

May 2012

May 2013

After I finished my first half marathon in 2:25:04 I had the greatest intentions of continuing to run with different goals I wanted to reach.  First, I wanted to get a sub 2:00 half marathon time.  Once I achieved that goal, I wanted to dive into training for a full marathon.  Instead, I got lazy, and stopped running, basically stopped exercising all together.  After gaining about 15 pounds from my inactivity, and being disappointed that I stopped running, I decided in February of this year to start running again.

I ran the same half marathon the last two years, and I trained with Hal Higdon’s Half Marathon Training Guide-Novice 1.  I did not train quite hard enough, and did not obtain my goal of running a sub 2:00 half.  But I did PR  by almost 16 minutes with a time of 2:09:12.  

I LOVE the way running makes me feel.  Sometimes it can be a struggle to get myself to the gym, or to hit the pavement, but once I finish the run, I feel invincible.  Running makes me feel stronger physically, and mentally.  I am excited for the new goals I have set for myself, and I am excited that you are here to follow me on my journey of running my way to a full.