I met some of my team members on Sunday!

I took a break from my blogging last week and took my kids to York Beach, Maine!  I love that place.  It just reminds me of when I was a kid and we used to go up there to Goldenrod for their delicious taffy.  It was a good time had by all...I had to drag the kids home. 

I still got my jogging in on Tuesday before heading up to the beach and then my sister in law and I took the chance to get out and jog along the beach on Thursday.  On Saturday, I managed to pull myself out of bed for a 4.22 mile jog/walk. 

On Sunday, I had the chance to meet 8 fellow Team AllEars members for a BBQ on the beach!  It was great to meet some of the team members face to face!  A few of us went for a jog/walk (5.18 more miles for me!).  As my son so eloquently put it "mom, they make your knowledge of Disney look pathetic."  Well, I guess I am in the right group...they can help me increase my running and my Disney knowledge : ).  It was great to put faces with names.  It is somewhat strange that I feel like I already knew them in some respects.  Thanks Mandy and Nick for having us!

It is supposed to be hot an muggy in my area tomorrow and I hope I can at least get out to walk for 30 minutes tomorrow after work. 

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Until next time...

Am I going to be able to keep this up?

Well, I have managed to keep up some semblance of training over the past month.  I have forced myself out of bed early on Saturday mornings to get the jogging in before I can think about what I am doing.  The good news is that I have increased my endurance...the bad news is that I am trying to follow the run/walk/run strategy and I keep forgetting to walk when I am supposed to walk!  At first blush, you may applaud my running efforts, however, I am still a non-runner and an uncoordinated one at that.  I should be doing all I can do to avoid injury and fatigue, which will just lead me down the road to giving up and slacking.  I have never run a race over 3.5 miles, so if I tire at that point, I am cooked!

Tomorrow is my "long run" day.  I hope to get 4 miles under my belt and not care about pacing at this point.  I have 6 months until the Half Marathon...I have to be the little engine that could...I think I can, I think I can.