A Brand New Level of Pain

I ran a full marathon. More to come, but I just wanted to put that out on the interwebz.

It was worth every step.

A Run with Alec Baldwin...

...just kidding! :) But I did spend the weekend in the Hamptons (where Alec Baldwin has a home). I ran twice during my trip. One 4 mile run with Alex and one 8 mile solo run. Both were great! The Hamptons, particularly East Hampton, is a beautiful place. What with its cedar shingled homes, luscious gardens, Harry-Potter-book-4 sized hedges, and all-around outdoorsy glamour, running in the Hamptons trumps all other runs I have ever been on, manicured hands down! Ok, in all honesty, the first time I ever visited the Hamptons I thought it would be real....how do I say it....uppity. It was not. It really isn't. It is a relaxing slice of Heaven on earth...go there, run there, relax there.

While I was running I did imagine seeing Alec Baldwin out for a run and what I would say if he just happened to ask little ol' me if he could run with me. I won't go into the details of my fan-girl response, but I will say that along with Tom Hanks and Stanley Tucci, (and Stan Lee), and Ryan Gosling, and Morgan Freeman, and Steve Carrel, and Leo....Alec Baldwin sits in a nice 8th place on my short list of male celebrities that I would love to meet.

Alas, we did not run together. Sorry if I got your hopes up!

More runnin' to come. I'm in major training mode.

Finally in the swing of things!

It only took looking at a couple of the running blogs I used to read daily to get my fingers itching for the keyboard (and a fresh post on jennafrist.blogspot.com). So, here I am!

I am training! WHO-RAY! It is about time! I am deep into week 5 actually, and feeling better every day! Enough exclamation points...

I signed up for the Monumental Marathon, which is November 2 this fall. I am doing the full marathon. I did not buy the insurance on my registration - I'm doing it. I must say that right now I have mixed feelings. I am excited about the possibilities and I am also worried about potential injuries, the long runs, the time commitment... Regardless, I am in this thing and I am not going to half-butt it. I am going to whole-butt it (I never understood this saying). Weeks 1-4 were relatively light weeks to re-acclamate my body to running again. I am about to crank it up...I have 5 days in a row to run this week (Monday-Friday). I will update my blog along the way!

Lent

You might know that I am a Christian, but I will be honest and say that I have never successfully lent-ed before. I have tried a handful of times but I have never actually accomplished anything. This year for lent I have decided to give up an unhealthy lifestyle. Alex said that I am giving up being lazy - he is wrong, I still want to be able to be lazy sometimes. I just need to be healthy and make healthy choices. So far, so good.

2 days at the gym, 2 runs in the books, 2 healthy days.

I am keeping a journal of my diet, exercise, and Bible reading.

Of course I will keep this blog up to date with my progress and antics. :)

I'm back, again

If I am not back, I am just going to resort to being a lazy, overweight, slow, coach potato. I have this weird thing where I like to start on the first day of the month, and by start I mean start a diet/workout regimen. So, February 1, 2013 - I am starting! That gives me a couple of days to plan (and sit some more - I have sat and sat and sat and sat). I am tired of sitting, and it is about time.

Here's to 2013 (minus 1 month) being about health, happiness, and life. #virtualcheers

More to come, who even looks at this still?