Today and Other Stuff

Yesterday was my birthday so I babysat and went out to dinner with friends.  I did not run because I didn't sleep well the night before and didn't want to get up early (I am not a morning person).  But that's ok, it was my birthday and it was a great day.  It had moments of not being a good day but my quick thinking made it a great day and so did my wonderful friends.

Today I did cross training at the gym.  Not too exciting but cross seems to be the thing I am lacking.  I did an hour.  I don't put my cross training on dailymile because I like knowing the total miles are running miles and the time it calculates is just from running.

The thing I hate about the gym is it highlights the areas of my body I need "fixed".  I know I'm thin-ish but there are certain areas I wish I could just lose fat in.  The main area is the muffin top (love handles) in the back.  I doubt they are that obvious but I notice them.  I'm running this marathon not to lose weight or alter my body, if happens fine but its not my goal.  My goal is to finish the marathon and show that my body is strong.  My 24th year of life was spent a lot in the hospital, in fact, I turned 23 in the hospital.  Having brain surgery and being in an ICU is scary.  I feel so blessed and lucky that I've had no complications and I'm doing this well.  This marathon is not about the way my body looks but what it can do.  I want my 25th year of life to be a healthy one.  However, like most women, today is just one of those days I wish the love handles would go.  I'm glad that my next round of hard core blood tests, my MRI, and appointments with my neurologist, endocrinologist, and neurosurgeon are all scheduled for November and December.  If I get bad news then at least I will have already ran the marathon.

not me (obviously), just thought it kind of fit my discussion of a strong capable body that can run, climb (the mountain), etc.

Tomorrow, my friend Nicole and I will be running 12 miles.  The most I've ever run in my life is 13.1 miles when I ran a half marathon in 2009.  Its crazy to think that my personal runs will be longer than that soon.  Then next week is semi-easy.  It'll be a 3-6-3-and then an 8k race.  I had to alter my running schedule to fit this awesome 8k night race in.  I have to take a class next week that is Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.  And I babysit all day Wednesday.  Then I have a meeting Tuesday night and appointments Wednesday night.  And I'll have homework in this class.  So I'm hoping I can get it all in.  And I have moving and packing on my mind.... Ahhhhh!  Its a lot.

Well, I gotta get back to cleaning my bathroom... boooooooooooooooooo!