And I was RUNNING!

As I am typing this I am STILL wondering, What the HECK am I doing now? As many of you know....I don't run unless I am chased...and seeing how that doesn't happen often I think it is safe to say I DON'T run EVER! However, right after ski season, learning that Brenda (one my ski team honorees) had taken a turn for the worse, several folks decided that they were going to create a Team Brenda for the Nike Women's 1/2 and full marathon. I thought it was a fabulous idea and thought JUST maybe I might join. Though I had thoughts of this past ski season enter my thoughts and I wasn't so sure.

As I am sure many of you noticed I didn't blog much through ski season...mainly because I was struggling so much this past season with my ankles bothering me and getting pesky blisters that I didn't want to talk about it....let along entertain the idea that I couldn't complete my event. And as many of you know, I did finish, but barely. I was on that mental ledge and almost gave up several times....so as I sat there at our team potluck entertaining thoughts of running in a 1/2 marathon I truly thought I had lost it!

But as the days progressed and then word of Brenda's passing swept through the TNT world, let alone Brenda's world...the idea was no longer a entertaining thought, but it was slowly but every so surely becoming reality.
I started training, in secret, several months ago. I figured that if I was going to be able to keep up with folks that ran on a more regular basis that I would have to have a huge running, no pun intended, start! So I started training with with some folks...who you all will get to know pretty well through this blog.

Esther, is an Executive sales person in my office. She is a person that has one of the best hearts out there...and her motto is "I can smoke and run...and if you can't...then you just aren't trying hard enough!" She is kidding when she says that, but no joke...she kicks my booty most of the time out there.

And then we have Kat. Kat is also my coworker and neighbor. She quit smoking several months ago and started training to participate in the Avon Breast Cancer walk....she is currently almost done with her second day - GO KAT! She has done so well with her training and super motivated to continue training once her walk is over!

And then that leds me to Kael. I met Kael through one of my ski friends, Whui. She too was going to join the run team, but decided that she just hated running! LOL. Luckily Kael decided to stick with it...he is the one that keeps me laughing - and you think I am kidding, we are seriously laughing so hard at times that I have to stop running to catch my breath. He and I motivate each other and have decided that we are crossing that finish line together.

Now, you all know that I am crazy to get up in the morning to train before God is up....and now I have 3 more folks to join me! And as I continue to blog through the season...I hope you get to know them, myself and why I am doing this better! We all have our different reasons to be running and training...but it is no joke when I tell you that we all crack each other up while we are training...and in all honesty, that is only way I would have it!