Disney Bound!

But not in the way you think and oddly enough we live in Florida so 'Disney Bound' seems a little far fetched. Anyways im hitting the pause button on my normal 'blog' routine to talk to you about something that's near and dear to me. This girl isn't just made up of DIY'ing, decorating and painting. No... this girl is also made up of endurance [well, at least I tell myself that ha!].

You see I looooove to Run. Seriously. I honestly think it's amazing that we were created with the ability to run. The muscles, the heart, the entire body.. it's just amazing, and because of that amazingness I love it. Of course I do have my days where I force myself to tie up my Asics as I grumble and look at my sofa longingly and the bag of chips on the counter as a tear rolls down my eye... Okay maybe not that bad but I do have my days. However once I get past that first mile im golden and I fall into my own element. Running for me is so theraputic. It brings me to a place where it's just... me... Plain and simple. All of the stresses of the day, all of my worries wash out with the sweat that pours down my face [nice visual huh?]. When im done I feel refreshed. Soar... but man oh man, that feeling of running a good run is like no other.

So with that said, after talking it over last night with Josh, I have decided that I want to run the Disney Marathon in 2012.

My goal isn't so much about time. My goal for the Marathon is to be able to complete the 26.2 miles without stopping. This will be a major accomplishment for me. Thinking back to my childhood, I was never on the track team, never on any team... I was lazy and couldn't even run the 600yd dash in middle school without stopping way less than halfway through. Now that I am a runner I want to prove to myself that I can do this... I will do this.

Right now I'm not doing any sort of formal 'training'. Seeing as how I also want to lose a few lbs by Summer, I do other workouts in the gym as well. Typically though, on a day were I do weight training, I 'warm' up with a 3 mile run. On my 'long run' days [where I just run and that's it] I will usually do between 6-8 miles. Since my only time to do this is on my lunch break from work, I only have an hour... so depending on the 'mood' im in some days I can get more miles in within that hour, where as other days im sloppy. Monday I got a good 7 mile run in 68mins. I'm gonna do this!

So... Anyone else out there a Runner? Want to run? Anyone want to join me for the Marathon?? :-D