I want these

Fuel Belt Helium 4

I'm thinking a hydration belt will be necessary when I start training for a full marathon.

Once I have one I'll feel more committed to the goal.

Garmin Forerunner 405

I'd like to think this will be necessary too but I can't see myself breaking down and buying one. They're just too expensive.

But man-oh-man-oh-freakin-man I would LOVE to know my pace during my long runs.

That would be some serious awesomeness.

5 miles

Ok, had another great run. Actually, it felt awful but in the end the time was superb. This time it was 5 miles with a pace of 9:19 per mile. It feels really lame to push myself like that. As I was running I was thinking "There is no way I'm going to do this to myself again."

But alas I'm already making plans to torture myself some more. It WILL get easier . . . right?

8 miles

I set a new world record on Saturday. I ran 8 miles in 80:29. In case you're wondering . . . that's AWESOME (for me). Woo Hoo! 10:04 per mile for 8 miles. I'm so proud. I'm also in disbelief cause it's such a good time for me. It was a really hard run but in the end it was so worth it to see my final time.

My husband and I are both registered for the half marathon now. He runs quite a bit faster than me. The whole reason I pushed myself on Saturday is cause I would love to run the same pace as him and enjoy running together. That would be cool. Not in the half marathon. I'm realistic enough to realize there's no way I can keep his pace for 13 miles. But it would be fun for a few miles during weekly runs. The thing is I don't want him to slow down for me. That would be lame. But I don't know that I have it in me to push myself enough to run at his pace.

I'm back

For the life of me I could not remember my password to login. That's my excuse for not posting. Lame I know . . . since it took me less than one minute to go through the steps to reset my password. Why did I feel it was necessary to set up a whole new gmail account for this blog anyway? Oh, that's right . . . cause I thought it was going to be so great to have the freedom of being completely anonymous. You know, wouldn't want my siblings, etc. to follow blogger links to THIS blog. Cause running is so top secret. Ahhh, the real reason . . . this blog is supposed to be about continuing to run through pregnancy and no else knows about the hopeful plans to be pregnant. But, alas, I am not . . . .so on with the running.

My husband surprised me out the blue (you know, that's the way surprises work) by signing himself up for a 1/2 marathon. What? Are you kidding me? My husband? Awesome . . . except that I have NOT been training for it like I had planned to. I thought I would be pregnant and even though I told myself I would train, train, train - as long as possible - I mentally checked out of the training world and into the "Am I pregnant?" world.

But now I think my mental state is sufficiently changed back to running. Yeah, me. I'll have to be more patient with the pregnancy hopes.