Am I insane?
No, I don’t really want an answer to that, I already know! A few months back my friend Ashley ran the Music City Marathon here in Nashville. I thought that was just amazing, she did a great job and I just thought “How in the heck did she just run 26 miles, yikes!!!” There is a Clarksville Half Marathon they hold every year out here, and Ashley got the idea that it would be so much fun for a bunch of us to get together, train, and run it in November. I agreed, why, because I’m insane!!! That would be a little over 13 miles to run. And I am in no way shape or form a runner! Well, I WASN”T a runner, but I am now! Once the big kids started school, I was able to break out my jogging stroller and get to work, and it has been a lot of fun! Tyler’s helped me out so much and runs with me when he can. He’s a good motivator, haha! “Get that crap out of your head woman, you can do it!” Yesterday I ran the most I have ever run, ever!!! 7 miles around the neighborhood! We don’t have very many sidewalks around here so it’s been pretty hard trying to figure out routes that don’t take me on to super busy roads. Evan is a good sport about it too, when I tell him we’re going on a run today, he gets very excited and stretches out with me! So far everything is going well, and I don’t feel as crazy as I did when I first agreed to do it! I did just realize though that I’m going to have to pack up my jogging stroller in October, a couple of weeks before the run. Uh oh!!! Good thing I have friends with treadmills (Heidi, Jenny, *wink wink*) Oh, and did I mention that the race is held 10 days before we leave for Japan! I hope I survive! Unfortunately though Tyler will be in Georgia at school during the race, so he can’t do it with me/cheer me on. That’s alright, I’m sure I’ll be bringing him along with me to many a race in Okinawa :)