Jogging stroller

Today we had our maiden voyage with the jogging stroller. The run was much harder than I'd anticipated, especially since I had to constantly answer a barrage of questions like "Hey mom, what's that? Hey mom, where are we going? Hey mom, are you running?"
I only went 1.5 miles tonight in25 minutes but considering I've been sick, forgot to use my inhaler before and am not used to pushing the stroller, I didn't do too bad!

Not as Active as I'd like to be

Well, running while Matt is out of the country is proving to be a bit of a challenge.  On Tuesday night I let Hendrix play at the park while I ran laps around the playground.  He wasn't as interested in playing as he was running after me so I spent my run worrying about him tripping and falling as he often does.  Then when I was only .6 miles into my run, little boy says "Mama, I gotta poop!" Well crap, literally.  There goes my running groove.  By the time he was done it was his bedtime so we called it quits.
Today during a short break at work I went on another quick .73 mile walk with a coworker.  This is going to be a daily occurrence and I'm excited about it.
Today I am getting a jogging stroller.  It's been snowing all day so I don't think it would be wise to drag Hendrix out in the snow.  Maybe tomorrow, we'll see.

A Bit of Inspiration

I've heard the song "Perfect" by Pink countless times but today I really heard it.  Some of the lyrics nearly brought me to tears.  These in particular are ones that I need to start living by:

You're so mean,
When you talk, About yourself, You are wrong.
Change the voices, In your head
Make them like you Instead.

Walking at work

One of my coworkers goes on quick little walks on her 15 minute breaks through the day.  I went with her this morning.  We went 3/4 mile in around 12 minutes.  Not too shabby for wearing work shoes.  Note to self, once new running shoes are procured, bring old ones to work so I can walk in them.

Inaugural Run

I went on my first run last night.  Considering my inactivity level, that I've got old shoes (note to self, buy new ones ASAP) and that my asthma has been crazy this year, I don't think I did too bad.
I ran/walked (admittedly walked more than ran) 2.36 miles in 35.08 minutes. Average minutes/mile 14:54.  Definitely not speedy but not too horrible.  I was exhausted after my run.  Today I'm sore in odd places-namely my left thigh and right butt cheek.  Maybe I run crooked. 
Next week I'll be getting a jogging stroller so I can drag the boy person along with me.  Should be interesting how much more difficult it will be for me to run while pushing him than it is to just lug myself around.
I'm tracking my runs with a cool app called Runkeeper. It gives me all the details of how I'm doing, interrupts my music every 5-10 minutes(not sure exactly how often because I didn't really pay attention) to let me know how long I've been running, how far I've gone and my average minutes/mile.  It's pretty freaking cool.
Next run probably won't be until Tuesday after I get the jogging stroller. I expect that run to be not as far and definitely slower but we'll see.

A journey from couch potato to 1/2 marathon

Well, here we go.  A dear friend of mine discovered that Disney Land does a Tinkerbell Half Marathon in January of every year.  She not so subtly hinted that I should do it with her.  I'm a 33 year old(almost 34) mother of a 3 year old and I must admit, I've really let myself go.  I'm at least 40 pounds heavier than I'd like to be, exercise is a foreign word and I'm pretty sure running and marathon are curse words.  But it got me thinking, it would give me something to strive for, something to get excited about. So this is going to be the story of my journey from couch potato to 1/2 marathon.  It'll probably be pretty boring-mostly just venting and talking about the highs and lows of training.  Eventually this will be a place for me to get excited about costume ideas. Ultimate goal, to finish and not die. And I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I really really want one of these:

Good thing they give them to everyone who finishes.