And So It Begins . . . Again

Hi, my name is Tracey.  I suck.

You see I talked one of my BFF's into running and then just when I was getting somewhere, my little photography business went nuts.  I sold a million cards.  The holidays came.  Basically, I stopped.  Shannon kept going.  Now she is running twice as far as I am and I have gained back almost all of the weight I lost running.

So, I started running again 2 weeks ago.  Then Ben's grandma died. And then my sister came to town. And then someone put me on TV . . . as a plus-sized model.  Aargh. Is this sounding familiar?  This is not where we were supposed to be in March.

So peeps, we're back with a vengeance.  My parents put gym in their basement.  The weather is getting nicer. (By that I mean we might hit 40 today) I need to catch Shannon.  There is a new program starting and as Shannon said, you can participate.  I'll let you know what it is as soon as I "Google Chat" Shannon to hammer out the details.  For now though I will leave you with images of the LACK of my progress.  (I'm the one on the far left)

Ch-ch-ch-changes....

Okay, so change takes time.  We've got time.  But in the meantime....guess what I did Sunday morning?  I went running.  Not my average, "Ugh, I've got to do this just to say I did it..." run but the, "I'm feeling G-O-O-D, let's push it a bit..." sort of run.  And I did push it.  I ran 4 miles.  When I was done sadly absent was any feeling of elation or thrill of completion.  Instead I felt horrible.  My legs were jelly.  I was sick to my stomach.  And I vowed NEVER to do it again.  But that was yesterday morning and I was too close to the situation to recognize the accomplishment as anything more than an unnecessary torture session.  I rolled out of bed this morning (couldn't have jumped out for anything short of an unexpected fire alarm) and instantly felt the results.  Sore tired muscles.  Not to mention that last night I was SOOO tired that I missed watching the US Men take on the Canadian Men in Hockey...and WIN!  I did however see Bode Miller get his gold medal....that's a New Hampshire native for you!  Back to my accomplishment....running 4 miles.  That's a big deal for me.  It has been 6 months since I started this run for insanity.  I've come a long way in 6 months.  I ran 4 miles all at once.  Here's the thing I realized.  I may not be the kind of person who can walk out their door and simply run and run and run.  I am the kind of person that can walk out their door, walk a bit, run a bit, walk a bit...and still manage to do 4 miles.  4 miles is 4 miles, right?  I did it!  I could sit an analyze it and agree that if I had RAN the entire time I would have burned more calories and finished faster, but that wasn't the goal.  The goal was 4 miles.  Done!  Up next:  4.5 miles.....

Soon. I promise.

It is coming.

I promise.

Hopefully tonight when a little monkey goes to bed.

Stay tuned.

Warning: Change is coming

So I am not immune to Face Book and recently there have been a lot of angry or agitated posts about the new design/layout.  (Personally, it doesn't bother me...) With this in mind, I am taking a cue from Face book and posting this now:  We are about to change our blog.  That's right.  Things will be different from here on out.  You see, Tracey and I revisited our commitment (or lack thereof) as of late.  Due to things that are going on in our lives, we do not feel that we will be able to make our goal of running a 1/2 marathon by Labor Day 2010.  What!?!  You ask.  To this we respond: We aren't saying we are NEVER going to do it.  We are saying that we aren't going to do it Labor Day weekend.  In light of this, we have decided to revamp our program.  You're gonna like it.  You're gonna wanna do it to.  And we're going to INVITE you to do it with us.  Tracey will be posting all the new stuff.  Don't be surprised if one of these days in the near future you jump on this site and notice that EVERYTHING has changed, INCLUDING the name!  We're all about embracing change in our lives and being fluid and flexible.  We have to be...we're mom's.  Life happens.  But we're executing control over the things we can....and our person health is one of those things.  So....stay tuned.....see what happens next.  Be prepared.