I'm back (I think...)

Thanks to Pretty Daisy, I now have a picture in my profile and a new resolve to blog. I am sure it still won't be very often, but I think it would be good for me to write the things I am going through. Right now I am focused on running and cleaning. (Oh, and being a good mom, too. :-)) The Newport Marathon filled up, so Suzie and I are running the Ogden Marathon on May 6th. It is less than 6 weeks away and I can't wait to FINALLY get rid of my personal "best" marathon time of 5:11. Yes, I am proud I finished, and I should be happy with that, but I still want to prove I can "run" a marathon instead of walk, run, and cry through one. The cleaning part of my focus is to finally have a system that works. If you have spent any time with me, you know that Mondays are laundry day and that is pretty much all I have figured out in the way of housekeeping. I am trying to move that mode of thinking into the other areas of the house. So far it is going well. I will keep you posted. Well, I better get going.

New year, new goals

Well, I will post more often on here, so as not to bog down Marathon Mommies with too much info about me. :-) I am looking forward to this week. I am beginning the Cool Running Intermediate Marathon training schedule. Newport Marathon is 21 weeks away. The schedule is 20 weeks long so I will probably repeat a cut back week closer to the marathon. We are thinking about running Yakima Canyon River Marathon on April 1st as a long "training run." We will see... Anyway, my goals for the year are to keep running (obviously!) and see how the heart rate training helps. I love my Garmin watch and I really want to use it to keep me training slower. Tomorrow's run of 4 miles I am going to try to keep my heart rate under 150. We will see how it goes. I am so excited to do Newport again! I can't wait to redeem my time!

Okay, so I thought I was done blogging...

..but Suzie P. has inspired me to keep going. Her blog is one of my favorites to read. :-)She also inspires me to keep running because she is one of my running buddies! She has been diligently meeting in the wee hours of the morning to run up and down one of my least favorite hills. So, we have decided we want to qualify for the elusive Boston Marathon, so we will blog about our journey to do so. Suzie P. might get there a couple of marathons before me, but that is okay.

Like a chicken with its head cut off...

How appropriate with Thanksgiving coming up and all. So, anyway, this is my first blog, if you can't tell. My life is pretty crazy, which means of course that I need to add blogging into it. Running is just such a big part of my life, I thought I would share it with anyone who cares. I hope this will become a support blog for anyone needing inspiration to just run