It's Time...

I like it when I can call myself a runner. Right now, I'm not a runner, and I wish I was. I've run several races before I got pregnant, including 2 full marathons, but once I got pregnant, I stopped, and I can't seem to get going again. At one point after I had Eli I was almost running 3 miles, but then the race I was training for got cancelled, and so I quit. I need motivation, apparently. SO, I've decided to bug all of you with my running habits (or lack of) in hopes that it will keep me somewhat accountable. I'm going to try and blog little updates about my progress...hopefully it won't be annoying to you...if it is, just skip the entries about my ridiculously slow runs :)
Today I started. Slowly. I decided it was way too ambitious to start with a run, so I strapped Eli into the jogging stroller and we went for a walk. We walked 2.28 miles (yay for mapmyrun.com!) and it took us just over 40 minutes (I warned you that I'm slow). It went pretty well if you ignore the time. This whole summer my excuse has been that it's too hot for Eli, and that if we go for a walk early, he will fall asleep, and I didn't want to mess up his nap time. WELL, today we got out the door at 8:40, it was 83 degrees with about a zillion percent humidity. I was pretty sweaty when we got back, but I didn't die. Eli stayed awake, and he wasn't sweaty at all...so I now have no excuses. I will say I am going to need to get my MP3 player going...the whole time I was walking I had 'Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's home from work we go' in my head. Annoying...
In addition to annoying you all with my running updates, I registered for a race. Anyone wanna run with me? I'm running the 2009 Ranch Run. It's a 5K in Temple Terrace (It used to be the Strawberry Classic for all you Floridians). It's on September 19 at 8:00. I doubt I will actually be able to run a full 3 miles by then, but I am going to try, and if I have to walk part of it, I'm okay with that. My goal is to push Eli in the jogger while I run the race, but we'll see...
Anyway...that's my story :) Keep me accountable!!!