Becoming a Runner - some rambles

So I hardly remember the last time I blogged. Is anyone still reading?

I said months back that I was going to run ... started the C25K plan.

Then I got discouraged and quit.

Then I decided to give it another shot, training outdoors. Found I like it much better.

So ... I ran my first 5K race at the beginning of June. I did not run to *win* but to *finish* and run the whole way, not walk it. And to not finish *last* :-) - And i made all those goals! My whole family and some friends came to cheer me on. That was good. People were all very encouraging. There's another 5K at the end of the summer and I plan to run in it, too.

I am not sure I'll ever be fast. I don't seem to be getting any faster. Faster is hard. Maybe I could go for distance, instead. Run a 10K next year. Who knows. But for now, I'm still becoming a runner. I even bought a running shirt and supportive undergarments. In case it's the clothes that make the runner. They seem to make me feel more serious about it, anyway.

I thought running through the winter would be the hard part. What with the ice and snow and treadmill. But now that it's early summer I'm not sure how I'll make it through the summer. I don't like being hot and sweating.

And yet, for now, I'm pressing on. Reading books. Trying to think of myself as a runner.

In other news, we went back out to CT for another week, to stay with my sister in law and take care of her. It's too bad CT is so far away, I wish she were closer. It was hard to leave, knowing that she still needs the support and help. Not that she won't be okay, I know she'll be okay in the long run. But I would've stayed to keep easing the transition if I could.

Remind me to take some pix of my little baby love for you, she's still the cutest thing ever. She's sitting on her own, now. Rolling and pivoting. Not quite crawling. Charming everyone she meets. We sure love her.

I guess I better go get lunch. I'm hungry.

Oh, one more thing. I'm actually, finally, in the "Normal BMI" range for the first time since ... I think since Noodle was born. The running and walking has helped. Healthy eating has helped the most. I find that the same weight looks less good at 40 than it did at 25. I'll need to do some toning up, as well as lose a bit more. I feel like I'm only 1 step away from my unhealthy habits.

Health takes perseverance.