I can't feel my legs...just kidding.

I know it's been a while since I've updated the blog - the holidays! They were trying to eat me alive!

But here we are at a new year and I'm very excited. Actually I'm more excited about this year because I started prepping for it ahead of time. I made my resolutions a few months in advance and am very happy about that.

This marathon is really something to look forward to. I'm so happy that I'm consistently training for it and am able to be a part of something so great.

About two weeks ago we completed our 14 mile training run. UMM...

FOURTEEN MILES.

That means that we have now completed a little over a half-marathon. 

If a psychic had told me a year ago that I would be doing this, I would have thought she was on crack. But here I am - running. A lot.

The 14 mile run was a bit daunting but having a great running group to complete it with definitely helps. We talk, we bitch, we moan, we encourage and we FINISH! I think by the eleventh mile I was thinking, "I can't feel my legs, but there's only 3 miles left. And 3 miles isn't that long so I can DO THIS!" And once you get to the twelfth mile, there's no point in quitting. And before ya know it, we're rounding the final stretch back into Griffith Park to the finish line...three and a half hours later!

My maintenance runs are getting much easier to complete. I try to run on pavement two to three times a week for at least 30 to 45 minutes. And I have been fortunate enough to receive a membership to a private gym nearby where I am able to work on my cross-training by using the bike and the elliptical machine. (They recommend that we cross-train by doing things that aren't as jarring on our body as running). 

I'm a little worried about how I'll get in all this running now that I have a brand new and wonderfully busy schedule coming my way. With the new year also comes the beginning of my enrollment in culinary school. So I'll be in school 30 hours a week and working 20 hours a week. NO I'm NOT worried about that AT ALL! It's gonna be TOTALLY fine....

I hope.

This weekend we have a lovely 7 mile recovery run. (Thank god because I am exhausted from all of this sitting around and eating and drinking). :) But next weekend we move on to the big, bad 16 mile training run. EEK! It's gonna be great, it's gonna be fine - I just know it.

See you on the track!