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Benvenuto! (Welcome!)

This month marks just over 1-year since my journey with weightloss, health, and fitness has started. I've decided to begin documenting the changes that I continue to experience as I lose weight, become more active, and try new things. During the past year I've gained a love and obsession for running, turbo kickoboxing, and yoga. I've run 1 5K, 1 12K, 9 Half Marathons, and 1 21-Miler in 4 states since October 2009... and I'm nowhere near finished!

Changing your life, though, can really sometimes be a very lonely experience. And this is where this journaling thing comes in: a public connection to what would otherwise be a private experience.

My plan is this: be honest. I'm going to be documenting the food I eat, the exercises I do, and all the other things that happen during this journey to help me succeed... and talk about how I overcome the failures that will inevitably occur as part of it.

I'm not giving myself an exact timeframe, just the ultimate goal of being where I want to be in the end.

So here I go... across the start line of the longest marathon of my life. Scared, but excited as hell! :)

Written Day 1: 07.01.10

Modified 1.3.11 to add new running info!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

#8: Feeling GREAT!

Yup! You are reading the blog of someone who has now run 8 half marathons in the last year! I'm so excited! Sick and with a migraine, I still beat my last time by 4 minutes. My music device gave out on me before the race even began so I ran without music the entire time. Add to that, the course was uphill where the elevation chart had shown downhill. It was pretty brutal. But I made it through. I cried uncontrollably when I crossed that finish line. It's a feeling that just can't be explained. And I have another to do in less than 3 weeks. EEK! This year is going by all too quickly.

Halloween is now 4 days away... 3 days until I'm at the Halloween Ball. How exciting, huh?! A ball! My second halloween single and I'm going to a ball! I love my costume, too. I've been working pretty hard to ensure that I'll look darned good in it and I can safely say I LOVE IT! Hearts galore so... it's perfect.

Haven't hopped on the scale yet this week. After a run I usually swell from too much lactic acid in my muscles, but am excited to see the results of next week's weigh-in. I've fallen back into routine pretty comfortably here and don't have any overlapping desire to be "bad." Nothing really to report about the ex stress-wise so it's shaping up to be a pretty fantastic week! :) All smiles!

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