Week 1 of half marathon training.

I started week 1 of the Nike Woman's Half Marathon training program. I have to admit I was pretty excited it mixed running with strength training. It is the perfect plan for me. These past two weeks I have been working like crazy. I went from working like 2 shifts a week to 6-8 shifts. Doubles, weekends, nights, and days. No shift has been an exception. It has made me very tired. I have found that on my strength days I have been coincidently working doubles. So week 1 was solid running for me.

This weekend was a super crazy one. Friday and Saturday we had registered to attend a marriage seminar. We went last year and honestly it probably saved my marriage. I was so excited to go. My husband however was exhausted. Because he failed to request off in time he was forced to open that morning and he already was not feeling well. So Friday night at the seminar he was there but it didn't feel like he was there which upset me. We stayed in a beautiful hotel with an awesome gym and I was more then excited to workout when we got done Friday night. God apparently had other plans. Apparently the Irving area thinks its super awesome to merge two highways into one lane on a Friday night going towards dallas. I am not sure who thought of the that plan but spending more then an hour in traffic for a 15 minute drive is a bit extreme. When we finally got to the hotel I was just exhausted and wanted to go to sleep, after all I had a race in the  morning.

Today (Saturday) I ran the Hot chocolate 5k. Ray still wasn't feeling good and his knee was bothering him so he decided not to participate. Again we had to sit in some INSANE traffic. I have to give it to the husband that his insane driving and cutting people off got me to my race about 2 minutes before my corral closed to start the race. It was an early and super stressful morning. Without the husband I would have never made it to my race. I started running and it was mostly flat course. I just ran and ran. I knew I could for sure make it to two miles but the third for some reason is always tricky for me. When we came to the first steep hill I was thanking god because I knew this is where I would pass most. Greenwood is nothing but hills when I run so I was more then prepared to climb what was Everest to some people. I finished and immediately tears came to my eyes. Not only did I run the entire thing but I knew it was one of my best times ever. Sure enough I finished in 30:50 and my best previous 5k time was 34:16. I got my mug of hot cocoa and goodies and we jetted to get ready for the second day of the seminar. We get back to the hotel and ray still just felt awful. He thought it could be the flu and at that point I was super upset but I didn't want to get any of my friends sick. To say that I spent the day sad, livid, and crying is an understatement. I literally had a melt down in Target. That girl crying in the shoe section.....yeah that was me and it wasn't over shoes. It felt like I was being hit with one thing after another. All I wanted was to go to the seminar. I wanted to have an amazing day with my husband. Maybe get my rewards for hitting my weight goal...but instead I was spending my reward money on R going to Urgent care and paying for his prescription. I couldn't help but be hateful and mean. I was also hungry which didn't help anyone out. So lets just say that my dream weekend with my husband turned into a nightmare and while my friends are out doing their valentines things I am at home laying in bed, watching spongebob with my girls, and typing this post. Dream night right??

On a positive note I did hit my first goal weight...149.2. My minimum is 137 but I want to hit 145 and start toning up. I have my bracelet on that my sister made me with my goal weight. It even glows. It reminds me to make healthy decisions because I am so close. I ALSO GOT MY BRACES OFF!!! YAHOO!!! Well it is time to watch some Dora. Hope everyone has a wonderful night!