She's Baaaaa-aaaaack

So all of my fans have been begging for a new blog. First Shelley and then my mom. I don't want to disappoint the two of them ;)

I took a little hiatus from working out and blogging. I wasn't feeling well and could've slept for days. Basically, I just wanted sleep and carbs. It was odd. I finally went to the doctor, had lots of blood drawn and found out something important- I was tired. My doc told me sometimes my body is smarter than me (and him) and knows when I need lots of rest.

Anyway- I'm baaaaaa-aaaack! I returned to boot camp yesterday and it felt so great to be surrounded by my people. We were outside (thanks to election day) and did a team "relay". For once Shelley let me and my crew be on the same team. Then she decided to participate, and I figured out why she didn't break up the crew. She wanted to join it!

Truth is, it was all fun and games until Freedom (who by design took the role of the other team's captain) started developing cheers for her team. Then it became hilarious. I also had to have a talk with BOB. He's a fairly funny guy, and I'm not certain the 5 am comedy stage is big enough for both of our acts. We discussed a way to make it work.

Okay, so...first I decided to do a 5K in October. I signed up in like April for it and HAD plenty of time to train. Remember- I'm still at a 13 minute mile. Then I was peer pressured into signing up for the Warrior Dash a week before the 5K. Still, I HAD plenty of time to train. Note to self: START TRAINING. Now, my genius self is going to run the Monkey C 5K. It is NEXT weekend. Ummmm...might need to run a little?

I decide to be a cool kid and join the Wednesday morning runners (I'm not sure that's their actual name, the real one may be way cooler). Here are some things I thought about as I once again reached for destination among the cool running kids:
1) Where do you put your keys when you run?
2) Water?
3) Should I wear pants or find somewhere to store my phone? Clearly wearing shorts is a fire hazard and I may need to call 911.
4) How in the H.E.Double hockey sticks will I ever keep up?

I slowly figured out the answers...buy a car with a keypad (or run with a friend that has one), chew gum, pants, keep dreaming.

I'm running with the following: a marathon person, a half-marathon/mom of 100 kids/fitness teacher/beauty queen, a girl who owns a jogging skirt (and I was worried about the shorts fire hazard!), a chic who is running almost a 5K a week, and a great friend.

I was going to get behind. I knew it. However, I again fell to peer pressure and joined the group out on the open roads. Thank goodness for my friend. Do I think she could've kept up with them? Yes. Did she? No. She ran with me, walked with me, and pushed me to run a little more. We were far behind about a half-mile in. Let me be clear- I didn't want to slow the pack. I was worried I would, so I am thankful that I didn't. Of course, it was nice to chat and catch up a little too...when I could breathe.

I did almost 2.5 miles. That's not bad. I walked more than I ran, but that's ok too. The rest of the day provided me with aching muscles.

I don't know if I'll ever meet the goal, but I want to do a half someday. I guess I'll start with a 5K next week. In the meantime I will practice. I probably should blog more too...