Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Say What?!?!



Mikell, my older sister Ashley, and I have decided to do the El Paso Marathon....well, the half marathon. This may come as a surprise to you because I am not a runner. I repeat, I am not a runner.

So then 'why' you may ask????

After putting on some 'love weight' (as Khloe Kardashian so elegantly puts it) I find this 1/2 marathon as motivation to drop a few of those L-Bs. We are training for 12 weeks, which in and of itself seems tough!

I got new running shoes for Christmas (as did the hubs), a killer sports bra, and wonderful yoga pants - I mean, if I am killing myself I might as well look and feel cute! Monday was the first day of training and it was 'stretch and strengthen day' - I found a stretch and strengthen yoga youtube video that I thought looked pretty good. BUT after 10 minutes and practically doing a not intended somersault in my living room I decided to look for another video. Thankfully I found a yoga for runners which was much better - I didnt think I was going to face plant into my carpet every two seconds....it was much better for my well being.

Yesterday, I put on my new shoes and my new bra and headed to the park behind our apt...it was cold and new shoes = new blisters....lovely. But I finished my 3 mile 'run' (which means jog for a 1/2 mile then fast walked the rest) in 40 minutes....at that pace it will take me oooooooooh only 4 hours to finish the 1/2. WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE. I mean serioulsy, if Oprah and P.Diddy (or Puffy or Diddy or Sean Combs or whatever the h is name is) can do a whole marathon in about 4 hours then SURELY I can do a 1/2 in 2.

This lovely marathon, sponsored by Michelob Ultra, costs a whopping $45 and all I gotta say is when I cross that finish line someone better hand me a beer!

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