I'm on my way

So I got my boot of June 5th!!!!! Only to have it put on again 2 days later :(  It was still hurting when I would walk on it so I called the doctor and he told me to put it on for another 4 weeks, that would take me to July 5th. Not a very happy camper I was since I have a tough mudder and a marathon in September to be training for. So I sucked it up and dealt with it.  Well so much for listening to the doctor, hahahaha!!! I have had my boot off since Saturday only because it was causing my ankle pain and it was also geting swollen. I'm not sure about you put I'm not going to cause myself another injury while a different one is trying to heal.  Don't worry I called the doctor on Monday to tell him that I had taken my boot off because of the ankle pain. No the doctor hasn't called me back telling me to put my boot back on so he is ok with my decision. Before you ask no I have not had any pain in my foot and yes I am taking it easy. I haven't tried running on it yet and don't plan to until next week.

What I need from you is support and prayers.  I do not need anyone telling me that I can't or I won't be ready for the tough mudder and marathon because I will do it anyway just to prove you wrong. So keep your negativity to yourself please.

I know my body and will listen to my body the entire time during my training. As soon as I feel something isn't right I promise you that I will stop. So hears to support, prayers and let the training begin.

It's been a while.......

Yes it has been since January since I wrote my last blog post and I have a lot of catching up to do. So I will try to be as brief as I can. What happened in January....besides my marathon training nothing to exciting. February came and went. There was valentine's day and my sisters and grandma's birthday days. Travis and I signed up for the Tough Mudder that will happen in September, I CAN NOT wait for that, and the marathon training continues.  March was my oldest son TJ's 11th birthday and my trip to New York City for a weekend to finally meet my best friend :D  Love you Kat!!!!! Oh and the training continues. April brought my half marathon that I had a personal record at :D and stress fractures:( that was the end of training for my marathon that is supposed to happen in May. Now we are finally to May.  It has been about 4 weeks since I ran and 2 weeks since I got my boot on with another 2 to go.  I can't begin to explain how badly I want to run. I go back to the doctor on June 5th and I am praying that my foot is all healed and I am ready to go again. I know I have to start out slow so I don't reinjur myself, believe me that is the last thing I want to do since I have the Tough Mudder and another Marathon in September that I will be training for once I get the go ahead from the doctor.  On the brighter side of May my babies turned 3!!!!!! I can't believe its already been 3 years since they were born. Well I think thats everything that happened since I last posted. I promise to do my best to post a little something everyday. I'm also going to try and post my workouts that I do everyday and then my training once I am able to start that. Unitl next time I will leave you with some pictures.

TJ's 11th birthday

Me on the Brooklyn bridge

Me and my bestie

My babies turn 3!!

Here goes nothing

Today is my first official running day to train for my very first marathon May 20th. I am excited and nervous all at the same time. You get a totally different feeling then just talking about doing a marathon then actually signing up to do one.  The day I registered I sat at the computer for about 15 minutes before I hit the complete registration. I sat here and thought "Do I have what it takes", "Will I be able to finish", "Am I doing this because my friends are doing it or is this something I really want to do for myself". So after all those thoughts and many more finished in my head I "sucked" it up and completed the registration. Yesterday I sat down and wrote all my running days on the calander along with my off days and strength training days.  I am going to train and I am going to finish my marathon even if I have to walk the last 13.1 miles.  I WILL DO IT!!!!  One of my besties and her hubby will also be running a marathon I do believe that day as well.  I am soooo excited for them.  Even though we are in different states we will be running together. We will earn our matching tattoos :)