Lord of the Run

Ok, my marathon training has gotten a little behind schedule. Instead of running once every three weeks it's been four weeks since my last attempted run. But I was awesome tonight and ran for 30 minutes straight and walked another 20.

I used to be a runner you know. Not a runner, runner but I "ran" track for six years in high school and college and in spite of the fact that I was only a lazy high jumper I ran my workouts and a few official races including the hurdles a couple times.

After I had my little eight year old, Persistence, I got into running again for a few years. I'm embarrassed to tell you why I stopped but I will tell you anyway because I know you would never judge me, right? I lost my running CD. That's it. That's why I haven't done any real running for several years.

I lost the CD the first time and couldn't live without it so I bought another one. Then I lost that one and gave up after that. I mean, I still tried to run but it just wasn't the same without my inspirational music so eventually I gave up on the running too. I didn't really know why at the time and I thought I was just being lazy but looking back I can see that it was all about the music.

So now I want to start running again and if you thought I was serious about the marathon training, I wasn't. I AM NEVER GOING TO RUN A MARATHON PEOPLE! Not ever! But I would like to get back into shape one of these days, like after this baby is born, so I'm starting now. Even if it's only every three weeks. I bought a new CD, loaded it onto my MP3 player, which I WILL NOT lose, and went for it tonight. I can't move my legs at this point but it felt great at the moment with all that heart pounding music and adrenaline rushing. Don't you just love a good workout? I do!

Do you want to know what the music is? I'm embarrassed to tell you that too but I will anyway just in case it turns you into a marathon runner like me. (Not!) It's Lord of the Dance. I bought a used copy from Amazon. If you have Riverdance and you thought that would work, it won't. It has to be Lord of the Dance. Trust me on this. Buy it and then get yourself into a pair of running shoes because if a sick pregnant lady can do it then so can you!

And do me a favor. If you ever do decide to run a marathon watch your step at the finish line.