Day off

Today was a day off on the schedule and I have to say that I rather enjoyed it. My foot was still swollen from dropping a can of Tuna on it on Wednesday. It was almost healed from dropping the can of cream on it a week ago and I hurt it again. When will I ever learn not to drop stuff on it. So excited tomorrow is a run day and it is only for a mile.

Three days in

Today was my first real trial. The reason is that I had to go to work today. I did not want to get up and go out to run. I wanted to stay in bed long enough to sleep until noon. Instead, I got out of bed like many others and then I ran/walked all of the way to the finish line. I made it... I got out of bed and went out and got some exercise. I am actually proud of myself for that. It is very difficult for me to get out of bed so early in the morning.YAY me!

Day two

Today was day two and it involved a walk according to the plan. I should explain that I am following the Jeff Galloway conditioning program. When I follow this plan, I do not get hurt and as I am aging and not getting younger my thought is to go with something that has not hurt me in the past. It is also the Fourth of July which means it is hot outside. I could not believe that the five seconds running out of each minute would have an effect, but it did. Oh wow, it did.

The beginning.. my first steps as a runner.

So... I started running again today. It is my addiction and my release. According to those that have seen me run, I do not really run... I kind of WOG (walk/jog). Yes, I have kind friends and family. Why today? Well about 12ish years ago I quit smoking and started running right around this time of year. In that time, I have run two half marathons.. okay wogged two half marathons. The time is not important suffice to say that I am hoping to wog another one and a marathon to boot. Why am I telling you this? Well, I hope by telling you that it will keep me honest.

I am going to follow Jeff Galloways plan to start the running/conditioning for beginners all the way up to the full marathon plan. Why am I going to do this? Well the short story is that I need to lose weight. The longer/funnier story is that I was at a child's birthday party when I entered the bouncy house. 30-45 seconds of bouncing left me breathless for quite sometime. This is unacceptable especially as my husband (who did not enter the bouncy house) was making fun of me. That shall not stand. Nay Nay. I am only 39 years old. I am not decrepit...yet. A lot of people will start with telling you all about themselves, their goal for their blog, and their goals for the future. Since you are reading this... you have probably realized that I may not be doing that right away. The reason is simple. I do not know what the goals are. here is a list of my current life goals

I would really like to retire earlier than 55/become financially independent so that I can choose when I retire.
I want to travel the world or at least to the countries on my travel list.
I want to become a good canner (I really want to be a master canner, but I am not sure what all that entails).
I want to run an ultra marathon (stretch goal 100 miles)