Georgia under my feet...

So last night I took the plunge and signed up

for my first marathon!

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Running a marathon is on my BUCKET LIST

so I decided to just jump right in and do one this year

it falls inline with my training for the VA Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon I am doing in September

In truth,

I just want to run a marathon so I can put this

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 on the back of my car

Abbie helped me write up 4 running affirmations to help keep me motivated

and to help me achieve my 1/2 marathon goal of 2 hours

I went to bed early so that I could get up and start this training.

BUT...

Decided to sleep in instead

It's so hard to be motivated for a morning workout

training is going to be hard....

(I did go to the gym after work- no worries)

Now I must go- the Bachelorette is on!

I Speak Nice

Yesterday was my 2nd Toastmasters speech

I talked about Meatless Monday

 I won best speaker again- it felt great

but the nervousness I felt both before and during my speech was unbelievable. 

I literally felt my heart beating
It felt like it was going to jump out of my body
Hopefully it will get easier as time goes by


Funny thing-
On Friday the Meatless Monday website had an article that they have reached 50% awareness
I can assure you that of the 20 people in the group-
not a single one had heard of MM.

In celebration 

I had wine

and watched Temple Grandin

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I'm a loser...

Dirty Dogs

Today my neighbor asked me if I knew a good groomer in the area

Are you kidding?

Our little maniacs are the josiest dirt balls you'll ever meet.

and I love them

 It's the return of the RED FACE!

I decided to take the past two weeks off from the gym.

I just felt like I needed a break from my routine.

and it was GREAT. 

It was so nice to come home straight from work and have so much time.

But today I got my ass back in the gym.

Time to start training for my 3rd 1/2 marathon in September

and my 1st full marathon in November.

This time my 1/2 marathon goal is 2 hours

which is 15 mins off my last run.

 

The last run I did I felt wonderful

but I know I can do so much better.

This will be the first race that will be an actually REAL challenge for me.

And I'm keeping the bar high by making my marathon goal 4 hours. 

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On the healthy eating front

I've completely fallen off the wagon

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To go with my training I'll be consuming a little more of this

and a little less of this

I'm on a boat!

Reasons I love Florida...

Turn your volume off to watch this. Lots of wind.

Handsome Dylan

I spent my memorial day visiting my nephew

Handsome Dylan

He slept - while we discussed our hopes and dreams for him...

I'm not used to holding babies - but he was very patient with my awkwardness...

He was in love with his grandma...

Tell me that isn't the cutest baby you've ever seen...

No,  seriously... he's the CUTEST thing I've ever seen...

Nice work bro...

Baby Veg

So my brother,

who is a new father

called me yesterday wanting to know

if I will want my future child to be a pescetarian like I am 

first of all let me say I do not have 

nor do plan to have a child any time soon

(sorry mom - and you're welcome Abbie)

But I thought it was a great question

one that I still do not have an answer to

I would not want to push my beliefs on my child 

I would want them to decide this on their own. 

I mean- it took me 29 years to make this decision.

(me with a huge piece of steak)

I thought I would handle it like I do with Abbie - who still eats meat

I cook dinner for the both of us and if he wants to add meat than he can

but he has to make it.

I thought I could just let my future child pick whatever they wanted to eat 

when we were out and they were not at home - but I wasn't going to cook it for them.

(Abbie could if he wanted)

But then I realized that would probably mean my future child would be eating mostly factory farm meat. That was fried or covered in butter, etc.

And wouldn't it be better if he/she had organic meat that was prepared at home?

hmmm..

Dilemma.

I still haven't made up my mind on this one.

Luckily I have time.