Well I've been a little absent. However, I have completed two more half marathons since the last time I posted. Neither were PRs, but hell, I still did them! The most recent one I did was super hilly and I did it with a friend so honestly, I wasn't concerned about my speed. I didn't train as much for that one, so it definitely showed! The best part was having my 4 year old daughter cross the finish line with me! Since we finished so far at the end my kids were waiting for me and all ran with me, but Abby stayed with me and held my hand across the finish line! Such a special moment!Now that I've completed 3 half marathons, with 2 more scheduled (April and May), I have the itch to run a full marathon!!! Both that and completing a triathlon are on my bucket list. I might make 2014 the year of crossing both off! I might go for the Tri in the spring and the full marathon in the fall! What has gotten into me!!!???
How is my weight?? Well I'm hovering at 176. I am doing Weight Watchers with some coworkers. I was super motivated the first couple weeks and lost 8.4 lbs in those first 3 weeks. However, Halloween derailed me a bit and last week I still sucked and was up... boo! But, this week it's back on track and I'm focusing on eating clean and cutting out all the candy and processed carbs!
As for exercise, I am looking to focus on speed work with my friend the dreadmill in the coming months! I'm also going to try and do one long run a week on the weekends throughout the winter. I'm also going to cross train with boxing and hopefully get back to my barre classes. I need to lose these last 30 pounds! I'd love to be at my goal weight the end of this school year! Most of all, I just want to be healthy and physically fit!
Here are some pics from my last two half marathons:
