Finding an Old Friend

  Recently I started doing something that I tried to do a few years ago, running.  I was training for a half marathon when I got pregnant with Allison. Between morning sickness and the winter, I became lazy and stopped running.  After Allison was born, I just couldn't find the time for the longest time.  When I finally found the time, I got back to running 4 miles while pushing a stroller, and then I got pregnant again!  I was determined to not be so lazy, but we moved to another state.  I was without my running gear for a month, and by the time I got my stuff unpacked, I decided I rather sleep than run.
  After Mary-Kate was born, I was just too busy to do anything.  Now she is a year, and I'm finally finding time to run/exercise.  I'm actually surprised how easily running is coming back to me.  I can already run 3 miles.  Now, when I "run," I actually  mean I run 1 minute and walk 30 seconds.  It's the Jeff Galloway method, and it works great for me.  I can go so much further doing it this way. 
  My goal is to eventually not need to walk and can just run a certain distance.  Right now, I'm slowly bumping up my mileage.  I run 3 days a week:  2 days, the same mileage and 1 day, a long run.  Like this week, I'll run 3 miles on Monday and Wednesday and then 4 miles on Saturday.  My long term goal is to be able to run 5 miles easily on Mondays and Wednesday and then on Saturdays run anywhere from 5-8 miles.  I also plan on running a half marathon someday, but I don't want to commit to one right now.  With my busy life with a moving coming in 5.5 months, I don't need the stress of a huge race. 
  Brandon is starting to run too.  In fact, we ran a race together over the weekend, just a 5K (3.1 miles).  I should say we ran in the same race.  His mph is 4 minutes faster than mine.  Brandon finished a little over 23 minutes and placed 13th.  I ran it in 30:36 and placed 61 out of 130 people, so I was happy with that since I had only been running for 2 weeks.  We're hoping to run a race together every month.  On our 5th anniversary, we're going to run a 5 miler and then in July hopefully a 10K.
  One thing I like about running, that it's great for this competitive non-athletic girl.  Running is something I know I will never win at, so that takes a lot of pressure away and lets me just enjoy it.  I'm seriously competing against myself.  Every morning that I run, I run the 3 miles a little faster.  Anyway, I can't think of a good way to end this post b/c I've been up since 4:30 and am completely brain-dead.  It's time to go play outside in the sprinkler with the girls and wake up.