I have lost my "Muchness"

"I used to be much more . . . muchier! I have lost my muchness!" And need badly to get it back. The quote is paraphrased from the new version of Alice in Wonderland and ever since I saw it a couple months ago it has resonated in my head. In high school I had a totally different outlook. I was always happy and was nick named things like "Smiles a lot" and the "Smiling Miler" I would take thing like running a two miler as a 6'0 tall 225 pond basketball player with a smile on always. Even when being lapped twice at district track meet I would still walk away with a positive attitude. I got to run 2 miles that day while others looked on. I realized in college that I couldnt be happy all the time (it takes a lot of energy). But this realization came hard with bouts of depression and sickness that would do nothing to help me get everything I needed from my college experience.

Last year I trained with Team in Training to run the full Cleveland marathon. I started to get some of that happy attitude back. I would remind everyone at our long runs that we got to get out there and run 12, 15, 18 20 mile while others may not even be able to dream it or physically do it. I want to have this attitude fully with life. Get up every morning and remind myself that I get to live this day and that it would be foolish not to live it to the fullest.

Since I last blogged, I have lost 12 pounds and set a goal of losing 45 more. I have decided I want to be the athlete I have always been able to be. This in turn will help me become the person I know I should be. I promise you will be hearing alot more from me on this blog.
I have recently started training for a Triathlon and have some races and events I hope to knock out this summer. If you can help at all with my journey please do. If you know of anyone that wants to train a beginer Triathlete please let me know.
For now here are a couple of the events I would like to do this summer:
Tow Path Ten-Ten: 6-20-10 http://www.towpathmarathon.net/index.htm
Fairport Harbor Triathlon: 7-25-10 http://reservations.lakemetroparks.com/programs/index.shtml?id=11894
Cleveland Triathlon: 8-8-10 http://www.pacificsportsllc.com/
Akron Half Marathon: 9-25-10 http://www.akronmarathon.org/
Columbus Full Marathon: 10-17-10 http://www.columbusmarathon.com/

And other 5k races and such that I can find in the the summer. Please let me know what you may be doing this summer.

Something meaningful

I have been trying to sit down and write something provocative and meaningful. I read blogs everyday that inspire or make me laugh and there are 100s of people commenting on them. I want to do that. So I have turmoiled over great blog post to bring me back into writing again (something I love to do but don't do enough). I guess since I have a theater degree and have been trained to be other people it just comes natural. I need to starting being me. So from here on out that is what you are going to get on here. It may not always be pretty but hope it will be me; I can promise you that. Instead of writing a two hour long entry I will be catching you up over my last year throughout the next few weeks. I hope to be one of those bloggers who inspire and make people laugh but it will be a new learning process. For now it is off to cook dinner for the boyfriend and I.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I turned a quarter of a century today and hoping for 3 more!!! I consider this my new year and so this is when I make my resolutions. I will write more tomorrow but for now boyfriend is really sick and I warming him some soup while making a pizza for myself.

Workout today:
Miles: 3.4
Min: 30
Loc: Life Time Fitness Treadmill

I'm Back!!

Back to write!!! More to come soon. Just got back from running some hill repeats. Feeling good. :)

I DID IT!!!

I completed a full Marathon! SOOOOO Excited! Here are my results:

Clock Time	04:58:17
Chip Time	04:52:56
Overall Place	1680 / 9504
Gender Place	542 / 4964
Division Place	73 / 556
Pace	11:10.5
Split10K	59:06
Half	2:11:12
Split30K	3:20:38

Looks like I started off on the pace I wanted but ended up a little short. That is ok because I am so glad to have finished. My Legs feel like the were hit by a truck but I know that will pass. Here are some 1st posted pictures: Once more come in I will post them and tell you more about my run.

Long awaited post!

So I have been a terrible blogger during this whole training period. Mainly like I stated last post is my internet was down for about a month. But now I have figured out how to post from my phone through email and text messages, I have no excuse to not post all the time. I am on my phone 40 percent of my day. LOL why not add a little more time!?
I got my bib number (2084) in my email today so that is probably what prompted this post. I am so excited and scared at the same time! 26.2 miles still seems crazy to me even though I have run 20 and trained for the last 4 months. We had our last group run on Saturday and I told the fellow runner that I was not trying to hurry those 6 miles because it was our last as the Cleveland Marathon 2009 TNT training group. But the run seem to go by in minutes and six miles felt more like 500 feet.
I can not believe in 5 day I will be a marathon runner. Today I got a bunch of emails telling their stories of why they are training with TNT; stories of sons,fathers and self having cancer and battling it out. That is why when I face the marathon (like I did all long runs) on Sunday I will go into with the "I get to run 26 miles today." So many people do not get the opportunity to do something as rewarding as many of us will on Sunday. Not only do I get to run it but I get to run it knowing I helped people like the stories I read today. Those who battle cancer are the true champions and deserve rewards much bigger then what we will receive on Marathon Sunday.
I will post a few more time before sunday but wanted to get that much out today. I will leave you with a picture of what I did to my race shirt: I love you and miss you dad
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No internet

My internet has been down for awhile and I have been crazy busy and moneyless. Finally got some funds together to get it fixed. 20 miler in the AM! AAAAAAAHHHHH After this it is all easy till Marathon day. Wish me luck. Just ate a whole lot of pasta and bread and I bought my Marathon shorts which i will be testing out tomorrow. Now bed early. Will tell you all about it when I am done tomorrow!