This month marks a year!

So a year ago I was border line overweight and felt just plain awful about myself. Not the low depression, want to hurt myself kind, but the kind of feeling that I was just fat and there was nothing in my closet that fit right and I am not going up another size feeling! I know we all have these types of days, but mine seemed to be everyday.

So I decided to take control...I hit the gym and hated it...I tried spinning, step, weights, but nothing stuck. I then meet a couple of great girls (Sarah and Sara) that were training for a marathon and I thought hey I could try running. I always wanted to be a "runner" so what the hell! I found a program on runnersworld.com and took off. It was really hard at first, in fact I pretty much hated it. What kept me going were Sarah and Sara and Little Apple Road Runners Group. LARR is a group of new and veteran runners that are so encouraging and want you to succeed. I continued my program and got to were I could run three miles...what a great feeling that was!

From there I continued to build and late this spring I signed up for my first Marathon in Kansas City. That is right folks I will be running 26.2 miles on October 17th. I am about a month into my training program and have gotten up to 11 miles for my long runs. Next weekend I will break 12 and continue to build up and will run a 20 miler before the big race.

Running has changed me physically and mentally. I have lost 8 lbs and quite a few inches all over. Not really for sure on the inches, but all of my clothes fit me great and I am even back into my skinny jeans with a little room to spare! It has also made me stronger mentally...I feel strong and powerful. I feel that I can pretty much take on about anything if I put my mind to it!

So cheers to all that are runners and supported me and continue to support me and cheers to those that inspire to be runners...you can do it!