Enter 2017

So. Hi. It’s me again. I figured I would write January’s blog to get me motivated again to run in 2017. I had a really good year in 2016, I ran my first Half Marathon.  It was hard but not as hard as expected. Probably because of the people I ran it with, Shelley and Lori (Paula was injured and was tracking our run through Shelley’s running app).  We had a lot of fun running; we really didn’t care about the time (but did it under 3 hours) because we stopped at every water station which made us stop for every porta potty. We also stopped and posed for pictures for the race photographer (because that is what we do) and there was a check point that had chocolate. Who wouldn’t stop for chocolate?

So when we got back after the race everything slowed down for me running wise. I did the odd run and then helped out with the Learn to Run group (which I love doing). Then it got cold and I got lazy. Well I can’t say I got lazy because I was swimming with Splash and Dash twice a week. Then I got injured. SURPRISE Renee got injured! NEVER happens! So when everyone says swimming is the best form of exercise and you can’t hurt yourself. Don’t listen to them. HAHA I did something to my rotator cuff and it hurt. It hurt a lot! There were times I would come home from swimming and crawl in the bed and hold my arm and just try and sleep and not move.

December I didn’t do much. My shoulder seems to be on the mend and I have the running bug again. Christmas Day I was sitting on the couch drinking a Diet Pepsi and eating a (big) bag of Salt and Vinegar chips. I should let you know that it was only 10:30 am. I was looking out the window and noticed it was actually nice out and good running weather. I drank the rest of my Diet Pepsi (I have an addiction) but put the chips away and got up and got ready. Then getting ready was a challenge. I couldn’t find my phone arm band and my wireless headphones were not charged. I almost put back on my pajamas and got the bag of chips.  But I decided not to run with my phone and I used my Ipod shuffle. I did 1 and 1’s and it felt great.

Thursday’s run day rolls around. Lori and Shelley were bouncing around the idea of running at the Field house. I was in. sort of. By the time work was over the weather was actually nice out and the girls decided to run from Peter Barry Duff. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go but I did. It was only the three of us but it was such a good run! It was my last run of 2016!

Enter 2017. Shelley texted (is that a word?) us to see if we wanted to run in the afternoon.  It was a relaxed run and perfect running conditions. We made some 2017 running goals one which includes running the Huffin Puffin Half Marathon.  Oh and this was my second run that I didn’t run with music. That is my new training. To see if I can run longer distances without music. Stay tuned. We will see how that goes.

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As of today I have 51.3 pounds gone and with the help of my running buddies and Weight Watchers I will get the last 18 pounds gone this year. 

Happy Running!