Running...

~Eric's school every spring has a running club, last year Eric joined and enjoyed it that he wanted to do it again this year! They meet every Tuesday and Thursday and he runs on the off days. They end the club with a 2k (1.2miles) race at the Sound to Narrows in June. At the completion of the 2k Eric will have run the equivalent of a full marathon (26.2 miles!) I joined Eric on the 2k last year and he smoked me! This will be Eric's second equivalent marathon, I'm so excited to do this with him again!

~ After running the 2k with Eric, I got the running bug. I have had several times when I was running in the past, but I haven't committed to it in almost 5 years! I made a goal to do a few 5k's over the next few years. In October I gathered a group of friends in support of our dear friends Jon and Karla who lost their 3 month old son to a drunk driver; and we walked a 5k for MADD. Fast forward to this winter, I had a friend run the Tinkerbell half marathon in Disneyland! So cool! So I made a goal for myself, that in 3-4 years (once Abbey was a little older) that I would run in that race, along with the family Neverland 5k. We wanted to make this our family Disney trip and I want my support team there! So now I'm going to do 5k's and work up to a 10k then maintain in order to do a half marathon (13.1)

~I started running again 3 weeks ago and am sitting at 2 miles 4 days a week. I get up early and run outside, I love how quiet it is in the morning. I have a goal and I'm sure with time I'll make it but right now it seems impossible!  This Mother's day I will be running in the Color Run's 5k in downtown Seattle, I'm so excited! I'm hoping to run this 5k with Eric in September!

If I can make it through the Tinkerbell half I'm hopeful I can then do this race... But we will see where we are this goal is met!