Early Morning

Brendan and I were awake at 4:14 this morning. He had a bad dream. We moved to the living room. I made coffee and he’s asleep on the sofa. I've been web crawling and he's all but snoring. With the soccer game to night, I' don't know when I'll get to walk today. I guess I could have gotten out there and "stair mastered" my front steps. I'm about ready to to back to sleep...but it's a work day. Hmm...

10:47pm - I don't think I'm going walking today.

Oversleeping

So, last night I didn't sleep so well. Turned the alarm off at 6am and then woke up at 7:24 - a totally sucky start to the day. I'm blaming it all on not walking last night when I was perfectly capable of going for a walk.

Brendan had a baseball game at 6:30 - had to be there at 6pm and actually got there a little early. I plugged the pod in and listened to the Gomers. I think I listened to the March and April podcasts, so I'm almost caught up into real time. What will I do when I'm up to date with the Gomers? Who will I turn to for half an hour of silly giggling on demand?

SO... I walked for at least 25 minutes, I'd like to think more like 30 minutes, but I don't want to be all caught up in myself. And it was not over flat terrain. I walked around the baseball fields and they've got a "ditch"thing that I had to navigate to get between the fields. It worked. And I was SO THIRSTY. I've got to make a point to drink more water during the day.

My baby girl just called to confirm our plans for the weekend - I'm so happy that she'll be spending the weekend with me and Brendan. God, you are so good!

Waking Up Sleepy

So, last night, I guess I was keyed up. Didn't drift off to sleep so quickly. I was listening to the Gomers - they were one week out on their half. I guess I wanted to hear about their experience - they survived.

My legs are tired. Heck, my eyes are tired.

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7:37 pm - Ate a somewhat nutritious meal for dinner: shrimp, zucchini and onions over a VERY SMALL portion of leftover rice-a-roni. I've gotten totally lazy and don't usually cook for myself, so this was sort of a new beginning. I've got leftovers - just need to remember to take them to work for lunch tomorrow. I actually like cooking. I wish there was someone here to wash the dishes.

It is thundering and lightening outside. I think I'm taking tonight off - no walking. It's a "rest" day. Maybe if I can get to sleep early tonight and really sleep, I'll do a quick walk in the morning.

Sometime, I need to do some "corporate finance" studying.

And another thing, in reference to the title of today's entry - how can I go to bed and stay wide awake, but wake up and still be sleepy. That totally sucks!

Tuesday, A New Day

I didn't sleep so well last night. For all the napping and sleeping this weekend, I have dark circles under my eyes. My legs are tired. I packed clothes and shoes to walk after work today. I figure, I should try a change of scenery when I can, so that walking the neighborhood doesn't get too boring. I guess there are lots of places to walk.

I was going to start something new today - photographing my food and uploading it to the site. For accountability. I took a picture of my coffee cup. Then I forgot to take a pic of my bowl of frosted mini-wheats. That idea went fast.

7:46 pm - I went for a 3.1 mile walk this evening - I mapped it out on mapmyrun.com. I listened to the Gomers while walking - they really make me laugh and encourage me. I'm feeling pretty good about things.

This afternoon at work, I REALLY wanted some chocolate. My food drawer is empty. I'm even out of peanut butter. I got seventy-five cents out of my purse and was headed to the breakroom for a candy bar. I stopped. I got more water. And more water. I was okay. For dinner, I made sauteed some mushrooms and ate them over rice-a-roni - it was so yum!

I also read that vitamin C will help the IT band healing with the Graston technique that the chiropractic intern is trying on me. I've started on that.

Walking to eat out, does that count?

Tonight, Brendan's baseball practice was rained out. At least we think it was. It was raining and we didn't go. Later, we walked to downtown and got something to eat. I let Brendan skip dinner right to a hot fudge sundae. I planned on salad but ended up with a tomato-shrimp-pasta thing. And I ate the bread. But, hey, I'm training for a half-marathon, right? Any excuse to carb-load.

Add two miles to the log.

A little background information

June 2008, two of my children and I ran a 5K. My son was just a few weeks away from his 7th birthday- he came in first for his age group, as did my 12 year old daughter. My son has since proclaimed that he is "a runner." We had planned another 5K for this spring, but his baseball schedule interfered. He was NOT a happy camper. His baseball coach has joked that he can't "punish Brendan by making him run, he loves to run!" We even put the phrase in alphabet stickers on the back of his baseball helmet, "I love to run."

One Tuesday night on The Biggest Loser, the five remaining contestants ran a marathon for charity. Brendan was most adamant that he "is going to run a marathon."

I've done nothing but gain weight over the past year. I should run a marathon, too. I thought the Disney Half Marathon sounded like a great plan for us. However, it was already fully-booked.

After searching the web for local marathons, I found a half-marathon right up the road from where we live - the DeLeon Springs Half Marathon, scheduled for January 9, 2010. I decided this would be do-able for me and my "almost" eight-year old.

Then I did something crazy: I started telling people that I was training for and was going to run a half marathon. I must have been seriously jacked-up on caffeine to release that information. When I told Brendan, his animated response was, "Just a half?!?" I told him that we had to start somewhere.

My marathon runner friend from work gave me a copy of the Galloway running plan. I was relieved, because the day she gave me the schedule, a Tuesday, was an off day (no running).

Today, I walked a 1.5 miles to and from the grocery store. It's my start.