Running

Last weekend my Dad and Step-mom came to visit and we all ran the Cherry Blossom 10-miler. And when I say "ran," I mean I ran the entire 10 miles. I have to say, I'm pretty proud of myself. I started a training program the first week of February, and I followed it pretty well (minus the track sessions-I hate track). Basically, I ran twice a week at the gym, did the bike for 30 minutes every Saturday, and did my long runs on Sunday with my training group. My goals going into Sunday were to finish, run it all, and do it in less than 2 hours, and I made all three goals. Go me!  I also decided it was smart to sign up for the extension training program and continue to run with my group on Sunday mornings because knowing me, without the structured run, I probably would have stopped running now that I accomplished my goal of the 10-miler. That would be pretty stupid since I've decided I want to run a half marathon at some point, and starting from no training is a lot more difficult than starting from a strong base. Plus, I like the way I feel after a long run. Except for today. Today I felt like crap after my 4.5 miler because I'm sick and my brilliant idea of sweating out the sickness failed miserably. Anyway, my only real fear is having another melanoma pop up and not only screw me over health-wise  but also mess with my training. Fingers crossed my appointment next week goes well and I don't get the dreaded phone call in 2 weeks. If all goes according to plan, I have the color run on May 19th and Sept 22, and I'm going to sign up for the MCM 10k that takes place on Oct 27. Hopefully I can run all of the races I have planned this year. We shall see. As I learned last year, life can take some unexpected twists, and the best I can do is make plans and hope nothing comes along (ahem cancer ahem) to mess it up. Wish me luck!

Me, Meaghan, Dad post-run (it was cold!)

I got my medal!

Memorabilia