“Run like hell and get the agony over with.”

For motivation, and a lot of embarrassment, I’m starting this ‘blog. I have a personal trainer (free, what do I look like? Oprah?). She’s given me a 52-week plan for becoming a running demon. My goals? Not so much to lose weight, but to kick serious ass.

Hubby’s leaving in the next 72 hours for Afghanistan. I plan on working up to running 7 miles at a time, losing some of my girlish figure, and doing some races. LuLuBelle and I are signed up for a 5K in may. www.miracleformary.com I’m excited about it. We’re going to design matching tees on cafepress.com to wear, along with matching capri sweat pants. Will post photos.

I will be logging my training schedule here.

No, I don’t know my weight. I’m about 5′1″ and wear something like a 9 in jeans (my midriff overfloweth) and my bra size is a 34-D (“Hellooooooooo, Dolly!”), which you can’t find at Mall-Wart. Joy.

Right now, what I usually do is a 5 minute warmup/cool-down, alternate 2 min. run/4 min. walk. My PR is about 16 minutes. Don’t laugh. One has to start somewhere.

I leave you with this quote:

“We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 – and half the things he knows at 40 hadn’t been discovered when he was 20? “

This entry is dedicated to Mr Clarke.