My Goal

My life used to consist of making commitments and goals to reach when it came to my physical health. Running was an integral part of my lifestyle and being physically fit consumed my life.  I will say that my dedication to my personal fitness a few years back was borderline crazy.  It did allow me to achieve a level of fitness that I, at the time, thought was what I wanted.  I was running 6 to 7 days a week and training with a personal trainer 3 to 4 days a week and attending a boxing bootcamp 2 days a week.  Plus throw in 3 Half Marathons.  Like I said, I was training a lot, but it cut into my personal life, which at the time I didn't think mattered.


After all of my training, plus a few changes of location (4 to be exact) my fitness lifestyle declined and I ultimately got burned out.  There is no reason to go over the ups and downs of the past two years, but I am now in a place that fitness and my personal health is back on the top of my list.  Just this time, I will not put it above friends and family!  


So with all of this said, I am going to try to run 12 Half Marathons over a 12 month span.  I want to try to run one a month, but with dates of marathons, and my schedule, I may have to run 2 a month and skip a month here and there.  The ultimate goal is to feel good, look better, and have fun!


In the past I have run 2 Country Music Half Marathons in Nashville and the Under Armor Half Marathon in Baltimore.  Below is a photo of some friends (Frankie and Morgan) and I running our first half-marathon in Nashville.  (I'm the one waving.)

I hope to have this much fun participating in my next Half Marathons.  On my journey, I hope to share my training progress, photos of fun runs, and my obstacles and achievements.  I'm working on my calendar of races to run.  As life goes, I know some of the races I choose to run will end up falling on dates I  may not be able to make, so inevitably new races will have to be chosen to make up for the ones I may have to miss!


At least I know where I am going to start:  Appalachicola Running for the Bay Half Marathon!  It will be held on October 21st in Appalachicola, Florida.  


I look forward to posting about training for my first race in the 12 month series!