MY HALF MARATHON PRINCESS

I want to congratulate my Half Marathon Princess. Mickey finish her first half marathon today. I will let her tell you the story. I just want to be like a peacock and puff up my feather that Mickey finish the Half Marathon. As many of you know that is a hard task, and from were Mickey has come from in this journey just make me so proud of her. I want her to always know that I have had faith in her all the way. I think when Mickey sets her mind to anything she can get it done no matter the task. For Mickey this is probably her greatest accomplishment in her life expect give birth to for kids in her life, because of what it took for her to get here. She is my inspiration, and I am proud of Mickey for running in the half Marathon, and for also losing 70 pounds along the way. I want the world to know I am proud of my Half Marathon Princess, and I love her With ALL my Heart.

update: yes i am still here...preparing for slc half

Okay so the last time I ran before my injury peaked and I finally stopped running and went to see a podiatrist was Tuesday February 9th. Today is Tuesday April 13. Six weeks after I was "grounded" from running I went out again for the first time. It was like stepping onto the ice of a frozen lake, hoping it wasn't going to break. Well, I didn't break I was okay. I was running. Sure I'd listened to the Doctor and went running at the high school track, where I could take advantage of the spongy track. It was so nice. I took it really easy. Nice and slow. Four times around the track and then I stopped. The hardest thing about overcoming my injury has been stopping myself when I could have just keep on running. But I feel that I have prepared my body for a steady continuation of healing with my choices.

I have been slowly building up my mileage again and I have continued to cross train with biking, swimming and yoga. I am now four days away from running my first half marathon and I get quite nervous from time to time. I'll get a little butterfly or two in my tummy and feel a bit queasy even at times, yet I am totally excited and I know that I will be able to finish the race no matter what the time and whether or not I'll have to walk some of it. I am totally prepared to listen to my body and respond accordingly. There is one thing I do not wish to do, and that is to hurt myself even further. This half is about finishing what I started. My next half will be about improving my time. I think I'm going to choose the Provo River Half Marathon, more to come on that note.