Last Place Runner

Well. I was gone for a while. But I was running a lot and wishing for the time to sit down and write. I finished the second round of the 5k group training, which was fun and rewarding and amazing, just like I knew it would be. I met new people, reconnected with people I already knew and got to push myself a little bit, too.

When the limited-space half-marathon training group opened on Labor Day, I signed right on up.

And then I was like, “Why’d I do that?”

Then I gained 8 pounds, kept running, did a trail run (never again), took it easy for a while and then got frustrated with myself. I went looking for motivation and inspiration — Thank GOD for the Internet — and found it by the boat load.

I spent last week getting my eating reined in and starting my half marathon training. It officially started on Wednesday and the first couple of weeks is easy, so I’m making it not easy for me. The first three days were half-mile runs. So I ran those half miles until I thought I would die. And then I didn’t die and I was like, “Huh. I didn’t die. How about that.”

Because there’s always a race series 5k the first weekend of December, which is after half training starts, our first official group run is a week from today.

I had one mile on today’s training schedule. Done. Plus 2.1.

I went back to counting calories with MyFitnessPal on Monday. I ran Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

My starting weight on Monday was 210. I weighed in this morning at 208.5. Then I ran a 5k and ate a cheeseburger for lunch. Winning.