countdown to kyle: one week [yay!!]

i had a great run today. i finally dragged my friend julie along with me. we are doing the Couch to 5K program, so we'll see how long we last at it! we took both of our dogs with us and now nelson is totally pooped. which is great, because now he's not like a cooped up dog that jumps all over me. we go for walks most nights, but running kind of takes it out of him i think. the whole running thing was originally just because i just want to get healthier, not just get back into running shape. but, now that i'm running again, i'm starting to feel the competitive drive kicking in....uh oh. unfortunately, i found out that the run that i wanted to do is the same day as my LEED exam, so i might not be able to it. we'll see how far i get on my studies before the day. it might help me calm myself a little bit, who knows.

what make YOU feel great? there's just always that something that makes you feel so accomplished or happy or wonderful or whatever...share!

:)

ready to run...

there is just something about the olympics that always gets me looking into myself and thinking, "when did i get out of shape?" it's ridiculous really. i mean, not very many of you knew me in high school, but i was in such great shape! i wasn't a stick by any means...but look at my athletic history, gymnastics from age 2-14, then cheering for a while, running sprints from age 10-13 and then i got hips and had to run distance in high school. :)

anyway, i digress. basically, i didn't want to say anything on here until i was doing it CONSISTENLY, but i've started running again! it really didn't have a whole lot to do with the olympics, but that's definately helped inspire me. i actually started up again because i've wanted to start doing road races again and my mom told me one of her friends wants me to help her set up a run for the chamber of commerce in goddard. so i figured if i was going to help her set it up and run it, that i had better run in it! it would be quite rude of me if i didn't.

so, wish me luck! i have a funny story to tell about my run tonight, but i'll save that for tomorrow...

and i forgot to mention that the awesome picture at the beginning of my post is actually my high school stadium. it wasn't finished until my junior year of high school, but it's AMAZING to run on. you've never heard the cheer of a crowd until you've ran in a bowl.