5K – On account of…

I did it all for the banana. And the Thanksgiving sides.

The night before, I got nervous. The morning of, I got real nervous. I think I went to the bathroom 11 times. And then I was nervous about being nervous because nervous poops. This is my life, y’all. I wore my new running leggings. I congratulated myself for choosing the long-sleeve shirt because it wasContinue reading “I did it all for the banana. And the Thanksgiving sides.”

On the downhill part of this running thing

If only I meant that literally. I have now completed the official halfway point of the running program I’ve been using to get my ass in gear – Couch-to-5K, a nine-week running program that gets you from “Oh my God I can’t run for longer than 30 seconds without fear of dying” to “Oh, aContinue reading “On the downhill part of this running thing”

Will run for puppies

So I’m back at the running thing again.. And before you guffaw in disbelief or get to wondering how long it will last this time around, it’s different now. I’m using Couch-to-5K, a program you can use through an app on your phone, for like, the third or fourth time now. As part of theContinue reading “Will run for puppies”

Well, that kind of sucked

I’ve said it before. And I will continue to say it until it’s no longer true – if we ever get to that point. I suck at running. Seriously. Put me next to an 80-year-old man with a walker and he could probably beat me to the finish line. If not, our running styles willContinue reading “Well, that kind of sucked”

Doing things a little backwards

I may have said it before but I will say it again, I don’t run. Not good at it. However, I’ve run in three 5Ks this year – and I decided to start running them really on a whim. I didn’t train for the first one and for the second and third I tried toContinue reading “Doing things a little backwards”

Promises, promises.

I am making some changes in my life. Seriously. It’s time. No one thing has really happened to make me change my mind, just decided some things needed to be done. First – I’m eating better. I honestly feel like I’m addicted to food sometimes. It can be like a drug for me. For aboutContinue reading “Promises, promises.”