Running

Well, I guess after 7 weeks of training I can officially consider myself a runner!  I have a love-hate relationship with this new hobby of mine and don't know how long I will keep it up but it has been a challenging adventure so far.  A few months ago I promised my brother-in-law that I would run the Rock-N-Roll Chicago Half Marathon with him if he'd fly out for it.  Of course, he went and signed up for the race right away so I had to follow through with my promise.  I started out running a couple days a week and then started a twelve week training plan about 7 weeks ago.  I have days where I am excited to get up and run and days where I dread the run so much that I end up pushing it off a day or so.  This has been a huge commitment for me (both time-wise and physically) and I am pretty proud of myself for keeping it up this long.  I have never been one of those people that loves to exercise (who are those people anyway!).  The run is only a few weeks away and now that I have a couple of 10 mile runs under my belt I am feeling more confident that I can actually do it!  I will keep ya'll posted on my progress...