Time flies when you're on the beach in Maui....

And I am happy to say it didn't stop me from getting my run in each day. That's the thing, you see. What do you do when your routine is blasted out from under you - rain, snow, humidity so bad you can hardly breathe? The answer is this: you plug along as well as you can with what you have. Your body might be surprisingly open to the change.
Mine certainly was. Those hills of Maui are no joke, not San Francisco grade but enough to make your hamstrings talk back. By the third day those wonderful tree-lined hills overlooking the Pacific were old friends. Lesson learned: it doesn't hurt to push. A little bonus prize I received back at July's doctor visit: down 50lbs and 2 & 1/2 dress sizes.

Summertime...and the living is easy...

...fish are jumpin' and the cotton's high...
Wow, it has been a while. I'm up to running 5k with the occasional 5 miles thrown in. 6 months, 35 lbs., 5 miles....very good numbers. But woman can not live on numbers alone. It's when the school janitor stops you and says, "you're getting really skinny" that you can give yourself a nice little inward smile...

It could happen to you...

April Flowers bring May flowers and warm weather and dehydration headaches. Whine whine whine...and i have no cheese to go with it. There is no reason to be Debbie Downer. I am one, or in some cases, two sizes smaller than I was four and a half months ago, depending on whether my taste in clothes runs to champagne or merely Coors Light.

After 4 months I have finally worked myself up to running 5k each day. It took alot of patience and stamina but here I am almost back to where I was healthiest and probably happiest seven and a half years ago. It could happen to you, you know.

Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne; He travels fastest who travels alone. - Rudyard Kipling, Story of Gadsby

the afternoon after...

43:43 - It could have been worse. But it is time to get my crazy heart back into it; once I've picked it up.

the night before...

Tomorrow I am running in my first road race in 7 years. Life has pitched me a glancing blow recently but nothing that should really stop me from getting where I want to go. I find it slows you down, though; and if you are not careful it could stop you entirely. It's wise to keep aware of who you are, how you feel, and what you want. I'm speaking in the 2nd person here but I really am only speaking to myself. One can only speak for ones self.
So wish me luck - 3.2 miles without falling face first into the gutter.

Spring fever

Two and a half months and 20 pounds later, I am running two and a half miles a day. It's hard to believe what I have achieved since I first made my New Year's resolution.
Unfortunately I ate breakfast early this morning so therefore my run has been put off. First thing in the morning is best for me - get out before you think about it and the rest of your day is free and clear.
I've gotta say, the breakfast fahita I had an hour ago is going to make this all a bit difficult. Well here's hoping it doesn't come straight up onto the boardwalk :-P