not a minute to spare

we have had a full month of work, school, sports, parties and friends! Here are some pictures....



boys playing outside



tretnon at his first select team practice







he is ready to fire the eggs!




she smiles for food



ears!



wait waits....i need to model




santana...the only good one! lol





before one of trentons baseball games



hudson in the stands at a game

update on running journey



This is what I would tell everyone...If you see me running call the police because someone is chasing my ass and I need help! Now after running for three months I can not believe I have run over 100 miles and over 9000 calories!!!!



"The true measure of a runner isn't in time, but rather in the effort it took along the way."

This quote fits me so well. Right now running over 40 minutes for some reason is killing me. Tuesday night I ran on the treadmill (runs on the treadmill are always worse for me then outside) and my calfs hurt so badly but I finished four miles in 42 minutes. I am trying hard to keep my 1 miles under 10 minutes so I did fail but at least I finished the four miles! The other day I ran with Kenny for the first time and his stride is so much bigger then mine that he was half way done with our 3 mile while I was still on my 1st mile!...not really it just felt that way to me but it made me put way more into the run then what I had been doing and that is exactly what my goal is....to finish runs better then the last run.

Running for me has become so relaxing and mind organizing which is not at all what I thought would happen. I have said more then once that I never in my wildest dreams thought I would become a runner. This goal of mine for running a marathon has started to turn into a life style for me and with out the cost of shoes yes, it is cheaper then therapy!!!!



first time for a wreath!

Friday night I picked up Hudson and headed to Micheal's! I have been itching to make my own wreath for about two years now but have always had doubts that I could do it. I read a blog and she gave step by step instructions with pictures...i have got to have the pictures!....and so I decided it is time! Here is my step by step in pictures...have to have pictures.....on making my first wreath!!!!









supplies hand picked by me!



first idea was to add a "C" for our last name and place it where i wanted it....but it didn't last



 

reading the blog while making my wreath!

second idea for wreath but did not last.....

Finished product!!!!!



on the door!

Really I am so proud of myself...it is not the prettiest or the best but it looks good and hopefully I will get better on the next one!

 

loving today

Today is all about love!!!!
First day of Spring Break and there was no traffic!!!!
This is a blessing and fills my heart with so much love..... unless you drive an hour to work everyday in traffic and then today it only took me 15 minutes to go to work, you will never understand....to those who understand can I give you a high five because it feels great right!!!!!

Love whoever followed my kids and I around and documented my days! Only thing you got wrong is I have two boys no girls!! lol

So excited that my sister found these on Pinterest for the boys! Love when I text Kenny the picture and asked him if $10 was a fair price for socks for the boys Easter basket he said, "Yes, and I want a pair!"  

Absolutely in Love with Kenny's Aunt, Uncle and Cousins and can not wait for July when they come out to visit!!!!!! Today means one step closer for them to be out here!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

job interview

kenny making the boys laugh while i try and get a good picture of my goof balls!

Two nights ago, Trenton asked me, "mom, I think I should start getting a $2-$5 allowance for all the chores I have to do don't you think so?" I looked up at him and said, "who have you been talking to?"
Well, it got me thinking....does he really do that many chores?, $5 a week isn't too bad, I would hopefully not have to remind Trenton 20 times to pick up his clothes and put in the hamper, my sweet angel boy is growing up! So, I told him the next morning that I had thought about it all night and agree that he can start getting an allowance but since this will be his first job we are going to have a job interview on Saturday and I will have a contract made that if he agrees to the terms he can sign on the dotted line. I also told him that since it will be a job interview he needs to dress appropriately and speak clearly with his words. Trenton looked at me, laughed and said, "ok mom!"
A friend at work said that she does the same with her children but they have a set time that if the chores are not done by they don't get paid and if they forget to do them they don't get paid and she doesn't remind them about the chores. I thought ok I like that idea but Ill make it my own version! So my contract for Trenton will state that he needs to have his chores done by the time he goes to bed and if I have to remind him to do them I will take a $1 off and by the end of the week if he has done his job he should get the full $5 but if not then he will have a pay cut.  Hopefully this is going to teach Trenton that when you do a job well you are rewarded with the pay you are promised but if the job isn't done well don't expect the pay promised because you have not done the job you promised.
Here are the chores he moans about each day...for sure in the contract I will state he is no longer allowed to moan while doing his chores since this is his job now! :)

• Pick up his clothes from the living room and bedroom and put in hamper (is this really a chore?)
• On Monday's bring the empty recycling bend up from the curb and put back in our garage (i don't know if he is ready to take the full trash can down to curb...he is only nine!)
• Walk the dog everyday to the stop sign and back (about four houses down)
• Give lizards (yes Kenny bought them bearded dragons) clean water and veggies every other day

I don't think this is too much for Trenton since he does all of this everyday but the recycling bend on Mondays. Kenny says it will last a week! I just want no more moaning and cry baby over chores.
Now I need to figure out a contract! lol

dream last night



I love this definition so much it makes me laugh out loud!!!!



I am reading the Hunger Games and I am almost complete with the third book....if you have not read any of the books stop what you are doing and go now to your Kindle or nearest store to start reading.... If you have read the books you know that there is a lot of war like description in the story. (trying not to give too much away here for those ten people who haven't read the books) Last night I was having a dream I was with a few people one for sure my father and we were being shot at by missiles...not that I have a clue what a true missile would do/sound like/look like or feel like but from what I have seen on T.V. For some reason my father decided to take the garbage down to the end of the drive and that is when the missiles began. He was hit on his head by one of the missiles but because he is my father and will never die in my dream he did not die and started to run towards me. Then we were trying for at least an eternity to try and dodge every missile that came our way. I finally woke up and my clock said 2:30am. I got up in complete darkness and walked to the bathroom. Along the way not only did I step on a Lego, trip over the stool Hudson uses to brush his teeth, I also hit the bathroom door to the shower that was left wide open. When I laid back down I thought for sure my room had turned into the war zone I had woken up from and my feet hurt so bad I thought I could cry!

Nuba

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I saw a story today about the Nuba people on Rock Center and I am so touched by it as a mother I wish I could do more. Can you imagine not being able to feed your children, being helpless to giving your child food? There is not a fear in my world that compares to the fear these people go through every second of the day. In Ann Curry's report she says experts say in 3 months they will die of starvation. 3 months! In 3 months I want to take my kids on a vacation to Disney and in that time thousands could die because they can not get food. And at this exact moment I have another tab open with clothing in my shopping bag to purchase...today instead of buying the clothes in my online shopping bag I will send it to try and get help for these people.I don't understand our world a lot of the times but at least I was able to help out this organization...I only wish I could do more.

biggest lie

made me laugh out loud!

Let's see...Saturday I cleaned out my fridge and pantry while doing so I wrote a grociery list of the must needs. I get in the car and get more then half way to store and think crap I left the list on the counter...ugh...I tell myself no need to worry, I will remember everything! Get home and I left about six items off my list and of course I needed that night two of the items I had forgotten. 

Why is it so hard to remember? Is it because I am 30...this is what my husband tells me all the time to get me hot and bothered! Is it because I have two kids who drive me crazy while I am going down the isles because they want a toy/candy/movie/book and cry/beg and plead with me until I finally say yes? (I can not get to upset b/c I remember doing this with my father-until one day he said nope no more taking the girls with me to the store!) Either way whatever it is I wish that not only being able to remember what I need would be a blessing but if that fails I wish I could remember the list of what I need to remember before leaving the house!

new way of thinking...

This hits me very hard today! I am not even sure how in a few days it will be March!!! Where has the time gone...I am sitting at my desk working, helping with computer problems, copier problems, shipping problems, all the while thinking of no baseball practice tonight, haven't gotten a chance to run in a week-feel awful want to start running now-, Kenny will be home tonight for five days-so excited!-wait did I pick up the house this morning--no I did not because this morning I woke up 30 minutes late, Hudson better eat his lunch today at school because he did not eat it yesterday, I hope Trenton has cleaned out his desk at school because last week when I saw his desk I thought how does he live like that at school because he is clean at the house-or is that because I am on top of him all the time to pick up his clothes/legos (that really do hurt when you step on them just right in the dark!) ugh when do I get to get my hair done again...only takes two hours of my life away that I would rather be spending with the family, baseball practice tomorrow, birthday party Saturday, baseball practice Saturday, baseball lesson Sunday, baseball practice Sunday...oh why is there practice Saturday and Sunday????, Can not wait to get back to my book it is at such a good part, need to find a hotel in Florida for our trip this summer, need to find fun things to do here when Kenny's family comes out---super super excited about that one, need to call his sister to see if her kids can make it out-hesitant on that one since I dont ever talk to his sister but love love love her kids....the list goes on and on........
Does my brain ever stop??? Not today that I know for sure!!!! Hopefully tonight my brain will stop-make metal note now to have brain stop-and I will be able to enjoy reading the Bible to the boys! I remember when my mom would get all of us on her bed and we would read the bible together and she would explain the pictures....this is way different then the Children's Bible I am reading with my boys...I hope my boys will remember this...hopefully Trenton remembers the talk we had about blessings and talent and not to keep it to share with others. (see my brain never stops!!!!!!!!)
Learn how to take every 86,400 seconds and use it wisely!!!!! teach the boys this too!

pinterest project complete!

Above is the idea I stole from someone on Pinterest....taking your children's art work and making art with it....as my sweet loving neighbor's husband said...."what are you trying to out due your kids art by making better art with their art?" His wife hit him for me :)  below is the idea that i did with the boys art. my mother said, "oh it looks like what you find under a microscope right?" I said, "no, its supposed to be paisley, maybe its the camera phone picture??!!??"


Hudson is on the left and Trenton is on the right


I am going to make two more but with a hand print and a picture of them of the year the hand print was made and then put them on their wall in the play room.

next pinterest project started...

Picture and idea from Pinterest

Is this not the best idea ever for the millions and millions of saved art from my boys!?!? With Trenton I did not throw away one art or school paper...o.k. maybe his spelling tests he did not get 100 on...and with Hudson I try and throw some of it away but he will dig them out of the trash and ask me, "why did i throw this away?" While he asks he has this...bitch I caught you look and I can't believe you don't love me enough to save this! Ya think I might take his looks a bit too personal???? It gets me every time though!
This past weekend I painted two small canvases and they are dried and ready for me to put their art work on display!!!!! I still have not picked out a patterned b/c although this is very cute I of course want to be different and have a pattern I love. So off to find a pattern and I can not wait til I am finished with my second Pinterest project to show you....it will be next week since I have no time at all during this week of busy/crazy/mom/carpooling/baseball/church classes/running...not sure how i will fit that one in.

I will try again tomorrow (tonight!)

I have to say this has been the worst week since I have started running...I have only run once since last Thursday's 5 mile run and it was only a 2 mile run. Last week my Nike+ app congratulated me for running more then I have had in any week since I started with the app. I could explain each day way to you but really it is all just an excuse that I should not even have let myself have taken.
Instead I will just leave with this that I found on Pinterest and it just hit home:

BOYS VDAY GIFTS TO CLASS

Each year I usually leave it up to good ole Target and their limited isle of left over Valentine cards to have the boys sign and pass out for Valentines Day but this year is different.....I have Pinterest!!!!
I saw this on Pinterest and thought I could do this-print/cut/fill/staple. How hard could that be right?!?!! So this year the boys will be going to school with their bags of TIC TAC TOE board games with five markers for the O's and five markers for the X's! Hudson had been saying tic tac toe three in a row for the past few days and I hope the kids enjoy it as much as he does!
OH...yes I added a pencil to the bag instead of candy thanks to the thoughtful workers at Target making pencils for Valentines Day for both girls and boys!

HAPPY HEART DAY!!!!!

5 miles

After running four miles for two weeks I finally got the nerve to put my handy Nike+ running app on 5miles! I have come to realize the reason why so many people get addicted to running and the poster below says it in more ways than I could ever explain! If you were a non runner like me....start running!!!!

scrapbooks

Last night I took out an old scrapbook to share with Trenton since Hudson fell asleep early....30 minutes later I thought....why have we not done this before?

Once upon a time when I was a stay at home/travel with my husband to every baseball field on the east coast mom I used to have so much time to devote to scrap booking. I loved every minute of each step...taking the pictures, going to the store to pick out the pages to go with the picture I just took, getting all my scrapbook things together on the floor, cutting/gluing/sticking all paper/decorations/pictures to each page. It was so peaceful and so therapeutic for me. I was even the mom who would be told, wow you put so much time into that, just wait when you have another child you won't be able to do this, and I would reply with no hesitation or doubt in my mind, actually I will do this for each of my children....ha! isn't that a dream!!!! Trenton-the first born- has three hand made scrapbooks, Hudson-the second born- has three print out from Shutterfly!

Trenton and I at the baseball field 2004

As Trenton and I were going over each page and each memory with the page I could see in his eyes at that moment he not only felt loved but also seemed to be so happy and proud to have been to all these different places. He remembered some of the events we went to or had but mostly laughed at what he had done in each picture...his first birthday we had a party in Katy and one in California, at the California party before anyone could begin to sing happy birthday he had dug his hand into the cake! Again, why have I not pulled these out before to have a special time with Trenton? It was a wonderful moment with just Trenton and I.

Now here is the sad part....as I was looking through the pictures I could not get over the fact at how skinny I was and how at that time in my life I thought I was fat. Why did I and still do torture myself in the now with thinking so many bad things about myself...thighs are so jiggly, have Oprah arms, muffin top and the list goes on? I am the same weight and size in clothes as I was then but I looked at the pictures and thought wow I was fit. Why can I not learn to think of that now when I look in the mirror? Ugh, am I the only one that does this?



Our last night in Binghamton with Nancy and Karen-such dear freinds!



Our last night with Tim and Jake...lots of fun memories!







Trenton trying to take in every playing moment he could on the baseball field

30 facts about me on my 30th

1. First time I saw Kenny, I knew. Not sure why I knew or even knew what made me know I knew but I knew that is who I could not live a day with out.

2. Love to hear my boys laugh, the deep from the belly laugh!

3. Sarcastic, most things that come out of my mouth are either sarcastic or a joke, if you don't get my humor you probably think I am mean.

4. I pray every day and night, I am Catholic and I believe in Jesus Christ with all my being, yet I don't want to be one of those people who proclaim as loud as they can and make you feel like you believe less then they do, so when I do tell people I will pray for them there is a look in their eyes like wow, you really mean that don't you? And I get more joy from that then being "one of those Christians".

5. I am not very crafty but can see things on DIY or Pintrest and figure out my way of doing it...might look a bit off but it usually still works.

6. Often think if you and I don't talk your upset with something I have done or said, then I think about it for days and will not ask you about it until I can not take it anymore. People Pleaser anyone?

7. Should be the spokes person for Ohh La La! I tell everyone about this place, if not tell them I take them there!

8. Can not stand when things change with out notice. I get this from my mother. Once I get over the not knowing of the change I am good with it...just warn me first please.

9. I am a planner, p-l-a-n-n-e-r!!!!! Cant help it, sorry!

10. I never really liked the color pink growing up...it was purple....but now I am in love with pink, pink nail polish, pink shoes, pink shirts, pink skirts, pink closet...ok ok kenny stopped me at painting my closet pink but you get it...I love pink!

11. Still have a hard time watching Trenton play football. I just can not take it when he tackles someone.

12.  I wish I could go to a grocery store one time and only get that one item I went in the store for. Yes, I am that person that doesn't grab a cart and by the time I get to the check out look like a fool because I have so much....get a cart is what I see in people's faces!!!!


13. Want to adopt one day, hopefully a girl, but feel as if I need to give back since my father was adopted.
 
14. Can not go a day with out drinking green tea with honey

15. I get so much peace and joy out of making scrapbooks....last one I completed was Trenton's because life happened and I really have no time, yes I was one of those moms that vowed to never leave any child behind like they all tell you....the first child gets all the good stuff and the rest you wont have time for them!....well guess what...they were all right! My poor Hudson has scrapbooks all made from Shutterfly. (I will make it up to him with a scrapbook for his wife!)

16. I could watch baseball all day long, oh wait we have the baseball channel and do watch it all day long and watch the repeats and updates all night long!

17. Want my hair long again but then get frustrated it's not growing fast enough so I cut it!

18. Could not live with out hand sanitizer! I take it with me everywhere, so yes ladies when you see me get out of the stall and do not go to the germed up sink, do not worry, I have hand sanitizer.

19. Can not stand when people cry, it gets me every time and I cry and want to help.

20. I used to be a dr.pepper and crown girl, now I am a wine girl, my aunt introduced to me Moscato wine...yes it is a desert wine but hello dr. pepper and crown....I am in love!

21. Love Glee, when my older sister was in show choir I was so jealous because I knew I could never sing or dance that way, now that I have Glee I sing and dance with them in my home....the boys laugh at me but at least I get it out some way!!!

22. Can't stop thinking I never got to take my grandma outside like I told her I would before she passed. This haunts me.

23. Needs braces.

24. Do not like to take medicine, I would rather be hurting or sick then take medicine. It has to be bad for me to take medicine...not sure why?

25. I am a dreamer, I have fun dreams, crazy off the wall dreams, scary dreams, dreams about people from high school and being super hero's! And then I wonder if I am dreaming about them....in any way fun/scary/crazy are they dreaming about me?

26. Would like to be a stay at home mom but would get bored so fast and have to find something to do.

27. Tried to sell Mary Kay but am the 75% who fail at it.

28. Wishes I had a personal chef at home for two reasons...one,so when I don't have time to cook dinner will be ready when I get home, because I am a person who needs to eat when they are hungry or become your worst nightmare, and two, so I can learn how to cook amazing dinners like good wives are supposed to cook from the chef.

29. Would not know what to do if Kenny, Trenton or Hudson went to see our Father. I know that is our home but I know I would not be able to live on Earth without them here with me.

30. After having Trenton the doctor told me I would not be able to have kids anymore I switched to another doctor who said the same thing, I went to one last doctor who told me that in a woman's life time they usually have 10 miscarriages without even knowing....4 1/2 years later and 4 miscarriages we had Hudson!

last day in my 20's!!!!

Today is my last day in my 20's!!!! I am not sure if I am upset about this or not, I do know I am looking forward to having fun in my 30's! Here are a few blessings I have had in my 20's.........of course i have to make jokes about them

• marriage to Kenny who I can honestly say still listens to me when he wants to, makes me laugh at least once a day at all his poses in the mirror, takes care of me when I am sick and makes fun of me when I am sick, keeps the love between us going even if it is with all the noises that comes from him!!!!! (he's going to kill me for that one! lol)
• traveled with Kenny and his baseball career, met so many caring and loving people that I still talk to today!
• Trenton my first born, sweetest, and so thoughtful and quiet yet once you get to know him funniest jokester boy I know...wonder where he gets that from ;)
• built our first house that seemed to be the home we would love forever but things happen....
• Hudson the loud but honest say what he thinks when he thinks it, and most loving when your hurt or upset boy I know....wonder where he gets that from ;)
• found a job I truly don't mind driving in a hour long traffic jam there and back even though it takes me 15 minutes on a no traffic day 
• bought a new car...first brand new car for me
• built our second home and I hope to stay in this house til the boys are out of high school
• friends that have come and gone and come back again like we never had a moment away from each other
• found my way back into softball
• new determination to try and be a better human and try to stop bad habits even though I still curse, drink too much dr. pepper, add way too much salt, drive with a lead foot, watch way too much of the OWN network, care what people I don't even know think about me and cant let things go....I haven't increased any of these so hopefully I can work on them in my 30's!

4am wake up call



with some of the girls at the marathon

The softball team I help coach volunteered at the Chevron Marathon Sunday and although I got three hours of sleep, it was cold for the first few hours, and we had Gatorade thrown at us after the runners drank it was all worth it! Note to self: if i want to leave on time with three teenage girls-wake them up 30 minutes early not 15 minutes early! Who knew they needed to put make up on and fix their hair at 4am....I never, I mean never, woke up as a teenager put make up on and fix my hair at 4am, I just didn't care!
Back to the marathon, we helped volunteer with the The Todd Krampitz Foundation handing out Gatorade to the marathon runners as well as cheering them on at the 10th mile. (My favorite sign read: Chuck Norris never ran a marathon!) There really is an exact science to having the Gatorade taste good for the runners...three stirs only, and if there are more we have to throw the whole thing out and start over! We had to place 300 cups down, fill with Gatorade, place card board down, stack 300 cups down, fill with Gatorade, place card board down, stack 300 cups down, fill with Gatorade, place card board down and finally place 300 cups down fill with Gatorade. Then we waited for the runners, if you blinked you would not have seen the winner of the race...his time was under three hours! The first 100 runners had body's that you see on posters and pins on Pinterest...I am sure 0% body fat and drank no Gatorade! The second group of runners were the experienced marathon runners, runners who probably ran in one marathon and have been addicted to running as many marathons as they can and one out of every 10 grabbed Gatorade.  The next group of runners were the dedicated runners, runners who do not run for money or sponsorship but run because they take pleasure in running....still something I am working on....and one out of every three grabbed Gatorade. The last group of runners/walkers...each grabbed Gatorade and some even stopped to say thank you.... were the runners who wanted to accomplish competing in a marathon and determined to finish the race even if the cops abandoned them and told them to move to the sidewalk instead of the street. There were couple runners, young runners...age 6-8 youngest, there were older runners...a lot of older runners which was very inspiring. One of the last runners in the marathon was an older woman with a shirt that read. "I had a hip replacement 6 months ago!" I got tears in my eyes as we clapped and cheered her on! I know the experience in volunteering at the marathon is only going to push me more to train harder and not give up on running this marathon next year! Hopefully not only will I be in the dedicated runners group but I will have the softball girls along side with me!

By the way check out http://www.tkfoundation.org/

boys say the darnest things!

I have been thinking of all the things my boys have said to me over the past few years and thought I may not remember them when they have kids. So, here is just a few things these boys have told me over the years that I can remember and hopefully get a kick out of telling their kids about one day!!!!

I am sure there is more in my brain but these stand out for sure!

Trenton-

Me: Trenton your breath is stinky you need to brush your teeth or you will not get any girls when you get older. Trenton: I know mom I will get them with my looks!

Me: If you want a puppy you have got to clean up after it, its just like a baby. You know maybe you should go work at a veterinarian clinic for a day and see if you want a puppy after picking up all the poop, and pee. Kenny: that's why you go to college and become a veterinarian. Trenton: No that is why you are the pet so you can poop and pee whenever and where ever you want!

Trenton to his Kindergarten Teacher: Miss Sands, you have to keep an eye on me because my name is Trenton Chenard!

Helping Trenton with homework: Mom my mind is out of my brain.

Me: Praise God in everything you do Trenton because God is always behind you. Trenton: what happens if you sit down?


Hudson-

Hudson: mom where's my sand box? Me: we cleaned out the sand. Hudson: who did it? Me: Dad. Hudson (while shaking his head): Damn Dad

Me: Hudson you just hurt the dog, tell him your sorry. Hudson: The dog doesn't talk mom!

Me: shit! Hudson: mom we don't say shit.

radio this morning: 12 more days til Christmas. Hudson in the back seat: mmmmmooooooommmmm 12 more days til Christmas? why? me: it will be Christmas soon buddy. Hudson: 2 days, then 1 day then guess what mom it will be Christmas.

Hudson when Keith urban starts to sing on CMA's..."mom he looks like a girl"

Me:Hudson you need to sleep in your bed. Hudson:no mom you can sleep in the play room.

3 days off = bad

Last Thursday, Kenny called me and said he wanted to paint, when you get home from work we will go to Home Depot and pick out the paint. To me this is wonderful because I have wanted to paint for a very long time but scared at the color choices. Friday, we had dinner plans right after work and did not get home til after nine. Saturday, we started to paint....well I cleaned off all counter space and put up all blankets to cover things while Kenny started to paint. Very good friends of ours called to ask if we wanted to go to dinner and off we went. Both nights I drank margaritas!
Sunday...I woke up got the kids breakfast and moved out of the way for Kenny to finish the painting in the kitchen. It was then I thought I am going to go on a morning run! From the start of it my breathing was off, my legs were not moving, and my head was just not being positive. I kept thinking how could my last run leave me on such a huge high and this run I am not even half way into it be so miserable? I decided right then to kick my own ass into gear, stop thinking negative and at least jog faster then I could walk because the dog has been showing off and walking this whole time. I did finish the 2 mile run with out walking at all and proud of it but also left me thinking why did I tell anyone I wanted to run a marathon.

I know now I will not and can not make excuses not to run. I am almost thinking I can not drink anymore but for now I do not want to blame the bad run on the margaritas! Last night I took off and tonight I will have a great run...thinking positive here....and hopefully last longer then 2 miles. 

2 miles

I truly was a nonbeliever in becoming a runner after being a non runner for so long.
If you would have told me in any part of my life I would be able to run 2 miles with out stopping and actually feeling good while I ran, I would have laughed in your face. I used to be a swimmer and swam I am sure over 1000 miles in my life time and felt fine but ask me to run and I would come up with an excuse as to why I could not practice.
Last night I decided to run outside as far as I could run, through out the run I was talking to myself only positively....the noise in between your ears really does make a difference. I ran the same distance that I have been walking the past two years and at the end of the run felt I had honestly accomplished something huge! I know it is not even close to the 26 miles I will be running in a marathon but it is one step closer then I have been before. Not only was I shocked that I was able to breathe normal during the run, I also could not believe the pleasure I had while running. Are you listening to me people...I said pleasure in the same sentence as I did with running! Yes, I actually enjoyed running and even after I had completed the two miles almost was upset I had stopped.
Maybe this is a new chapter in my life as I get closer and closer to turning 30, I will finally understand why people love running so much?