Twice a week? HA! I laugh in your face, twice a week..

August 30
Twice a week?  HA!  I laugh in your face, twice a week..  So, it's been a while since I last blogged..

I was sick, for about a month.  Pretty much right after I wrote that last post, in fact, I started feeling like something you'd want to scrape off the bottom of your shoe.  It took me the better (or worse, depending on how you look at it) part of a month to get well enough to be active again. 

SO, here I am!  Ta-da!  I'm feeling better, coughing less, and I have started my training, AGAIN.  Sunday I'm due to run 8 miles.  It might be more of a hobble, but by golly, I will do it!  I'm eating way better.  Last night I had some ladies over, and, determined to be a good influence, I fed them baked chicken, salad, and oven roasted potatoes.  I didn't overeat!!  We did polish off the container of Breyers I had in the freezer, but I consider it a victory that I shared it, rather than eating the entire thing myself.  I have bananas, and good cereals, and almond milk, and veggies.  I AM doing this!

To further frustrate challenge myself, I signed up for the "Dolphin Challenge" at the Shamrock VA beach Marathon.  For those of you that don't know what that is, every spring, right around St. Patty's Day, there's a Marathon weekend in VA Beach.  I have been there the past three years, running my little heart out.  On the Saturday, there's an 8k (4.97 miles) and on the Sunday there's a marathon (26.2 miles) and a half-marathon (13.1 miles).  I have done the 8k, and the half twice.  The Dolphin Challenge is doing the 8k AND the half.  The Whale Challenge is doing the 8k AND the full marathon.  I'm never gonna do that.  I'm sure it would kill me, and I'm not ready to die yet.