Happy Monday!

I won't be able to run today at lunch because I have to take care of some ballet costume drama for my daughter. :ohwell: I'll have to go T, Th, Sa. Yesterday was kind of a wreck eating with a birthday party (and they sent us home with leftovers). But I'm back on track today.

Ellie - how long have you been running? I'm thinking of signing up for a 5 mile race in August, and perhaps a 10k down the line, but I'm not sure how far down the line I will get to that distance. Good luck! I'm sure you can do it!

I forgot my lunch in the fridge this morning (despite grabbing the kids') and my wonderful hubby noticed and grabbed it for me - he works right next door so it was eay to grab. Phew, that could have been a disaster!

I found my missing HRM everyone's days may proceed now :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

*Sorry had to be silly...I have been missing it since Thursday and have been oh so insane about not having it! My OCD was in full gear about it.

Paul I hope that bubble bath soothes you...stay in there alittle while longer for me too and Susan too

Hope your day gets better after you get the bath and a good meal!

Oh 30s. I am so exhausted. I barely barely made it through our hike yesterday. It is pretty clear now that I was horribly dehydrated. I won't go into details but super dehydrated. :noway:

The scale said I am up 4lbs!! Stupid scale. I am not buying that. I'll check back in on Thursday see what it says. Maybe I should weigh in on Saturday and Thursday since post hike days seem to be so wacky? Thoughts?

Today I am going to rest and drink lot's of liquids. Try to meal plan for the week ahead. Today was supposed to be a lifting day, but I am just not sure I have it in me today. Maybe if there is a nap and more water, I'll get there.

Ok, off to set up the challenge!

Later,
Sara Grace

Well i jumped... leap of faith.

My wife (who it would appear i was pestering a little too much this morning) has been going to a gym near(ish) to our house. They opened up another locating near where i work. Due to our schedules etc. lunch is better for me to go to the gym, after work better for her. So i walked in, didn't even look around, just signed up, changed clothes and started running.

What i failed to do was:
1. Remember to bring in my phone with my C25K app
2. Notice they did not offer towels to use after i shower
3. Take the tour
4. Schedule a fitness assessment

I didn't want anything to distract me from getting started. Head down, blinders on, run Bishop run...

I will be reading my NROLFM tonight and tomorrow night. I need to get this body stronger before i go pounding these knees into the treadmill for any length of time.

Honey, sorry to be such a pest this morning, i thought you were just playing mad.

Paul, I hope that tomorrow is better.

SG, Hang in there.

Everyone, pick up your crap at your office. These pickles are "best by Jan 7, 2010"

Wow, thanks so much. You guys have been so good to me and i am hugely grateful for your kind words and encouragement. I feel that i'm in a good place mentally these days and as work is at the moment I need to be. This week will be a struggle but with you guys to vent my feelings to i'm confident i'll stay on the right path

The bit about people driving in Colorado was supposed to be quoted properly from Ellie78's post. Doing this on my smartphone apparently has limitations.

Debbie, I've been running seriously since around February last year, but I've always been pretty sporty and ran quite a bit in my younger years. I started running because I couldn't afford my gym membership and it was the only way I felt like I was getting a good workout. I dove right in and signed up for the 10K straight off the bat (same one I'm doing this year, the Bolder Boulder). With that goal in place I was able to make pretty good progress and was able to run an entire 10K distance when it came down to race time averaging about a 10.5 minute mile. As a funny side note, I figured out that if I ran from my apartment to the strip club at the end of town and back it was almost exactly a 10K, made an easy landmark to find I don't' live there anymore, though, so I have to find a new route. Now when it came to actually running the race I ended up giving up on my training and moving back to a slower bracket to run with friends so our times did not end up so good. I think without having it as a goal I never would have tried to improve to that, I'm all for just jumping in! What's the worst that can happen? We end up walking like most everyone else does at some point too!