A quick one

It is almost 11pm and I'm tired, so this is planned to be fast, but knowing me... who knows! :)

My knee was still sore tonight running in the opposite direction on the track. But I still got out the 3 miles per the training schedule. I am SO glad Tracie went too. Not sure I could have done it on my own. I wanted to stop around mile 2, but my mantra as I was running was, "I am in training for a 1/2 marathon". That seemed to work for me tonight.

After I got home, I was emailing another friend I run with who wants to do the New Year's Day run with me. I told Carrie that tonight was the start of the 1/2 marathon training for Tracie and me, but it wasn't too bad. We only did 3 miles tonight. She had the best response ever:

"only 3 miles"...can you believe you're saying only? Haha. I was just telling my coworker I "only" did 2.75 yesterday and she thought I was nuts. Look how far we've come!!"

Seriously... I can't believe we are saying "ONLY" in reference to running 3 miles! That IS nuts! :)

It got me thinking about the past year. A year ago right now, I was looking for a new apartment, living in a really bad area. I already had at least one round of cortisone injections into my spine and I was still trying to lose weight.. at about 145 or so pounds. I had stopped running last year after the begining of October.

Now? In my new apartment in a MUCH better area (I'm actually planning on running around here tomorrow night, I NEVER would have done that in the old neighborhood!). I am running 3 times a week and this week moving to 4 times. I am swimming and doing yoga, and just overall SO much more active. I have SO many new people and great friends in my life. I weigh 125 pounds and have never been this healthy or this happy.

Amazing how many things have changed overall in the past 12 months. If you put your mind to it, its amazing what you can happen!