Running hasn't been nearly as consistent as I would like it to be. It is so difficult to make the time to do it! Now that the weather is cooling off, I'm much more excited about getting out there and pounding the pavement. I ran a 5K last weekend at Tinker. My goal was 35 minutes, which for me is pushing it. I started off too fast, and was really tired towards the end of the race. The last stretch (about 1/4 mile) was uphill, too, and of course about that time my iPod went dead. Ugh. But God knew I was about to give up, because here came Ben, to run next to me and encourage me to keep going through that last stretch. I worked up the strength to spring the last portion, and finished in 34:18! I was so happy with that.

I found out a couple weeks ago that I'm not going to be able to get out of drill the weekend of the half marathon, so I will have to find another one to do. I don't know when that will be, but in the mean time, I will keep running and eating right and doing what I need to do to get in shape!

Still enjoying the journey. :-)