First training run...

So training "officially" started on Monday. I use quotation marks because it was a rest day. So my first run was actually Tuesday. It went pretty well. It was a 4 mile run so nothing I haven't easily been able to do lately. My arch started to hurt a bit but I'm going to attribute that to being on my feet all day in shoes that were made for sitting. My fault. The next run will go better.

That run is supposed to be today. Unfortunately I don't think that will be happening. My boyfriends grandpa passed away on Tuesday. I have to drive to PA with our puppy for the funeral tomorrow. I'm hoping I can get up early enough tomorrow morning and get the run in quickly. It's 4 miles. I don't think it should take much longer than 45-50 minutes. It's slow but I get it done. And I will feel 10x better when it's over. Hopefully there isn't much snow on the ground at that point because I'm not sure what I will do.

I think I need to get shoes specifically for outdoor running. Mine are almost completely mesh which I have read can let the water in. I have also experienced that as well. I don't like wet feet and will need to remedy that.

I decided to take on a running challenge this year with my friend Tonya. She easily convinced me that running 13 half marathons was a good idea. While I won't be doing the half marathon challenge I will be taking on the 13 races challenge. I like to call it the variety pack. I can run whatever races I want and have it count towards my goal. I'm excited for this and will probably put myself under some stricter guidelines. Like counting the marathon for sure but only counting races I PR in or 10K's and above. Who knows. I haven't worked out all the details yet. A lot has been going on. There is supposed to be a button here but I can't get it to work correctly. Clearly I'm not very blog/computer literate.

I'm also trying to add a widget to the blog but I'm having trouble figuring it out. Very annoying.