This poor, pathetic, unused blog

I hadn't run since July. What's new? The only time I ever come blog here is to say that I haven't run in 6 months--twice a year.

I have been meaning to get going again for several months but life gets in the way. Yada, yada, yada. I am using the new year resolution excuse to try again. I did run on Monday for 1.5 miles. I was planning on running a minimum of two with the possibility of three, but I had to force my body to make it to 1.5 and it wasn't good. I thought I was starting slowly, but I guess I need to start more slowly. On one hand I was so happy that I finally got a run in but very frustrated that it gets so much harder for me all the time. I ran a half marathon not that long ago--holy buckets, four years ago!

My inlaws gave us their treadmill on Monday but it was blowing the breaker in our house every time we plugged it in. Hubby took the fuse out and we had to order a new one. That will make it easier to get my runs in since time is my biggest enemy.

I think the C25K program is a great program and have recommended it to many people who are just getting started. I have had to accept the fact that I am not and have not been running for a long time and am therefore a beginner as well. The C25K program is not beneath me and I am going to be starting it next week so that I can run the Dublin Dash as my reward race on St. Patty's Day. If nothing else I hope it will be a confidence booster.

This is the year. I am going to do the Deadwood-Mickelson Trail Marathon. The full marathon, not the half again. Who knows, I may hate that distance and never do it again, but it needs to be done at least once. The desire isn't dying and I don't think it will until I get it out of my system.

I just created a page on the Daily Mile website....be my friend if you're so inclined.