Reading & Running...

So, my running schedule called for 6 miles today. I was totally NOT looking forward to this. Thus far, the longest mid-week run I've done is 5 miles. It may not seem like a big increase, but just 2 months ago my longest mid-week run was like 3.1 miles. This said, I'm making inprovement and I just hope it pays off on this next half marathon. My best time for 13.1 so far is 2:41 and I'm hoping to break 2:30. I think I can totally do this. As a matter of fact, I WILL do this!

Anywho, since I was procrastinating on my run all day, I spent it reading. I'm more than half way through Good Omens and I'm enjoying it. Yay for my trip to the library yesterday. Today was beautiful, sunny and around 64 degrees. I actually sat out on the steps in the sunshine with Lucien for a bit. I read and he just enjoyed being outside without freezing. Poor guy. I'm pretty sure he hates these long winters just as much as I do. Hopefully the weather will be nice again tomorrow. Maybe we'll hit Douglas Hart Nature Center. We went on Saturday afternoon and it was beautiful. We walked through the trails in the woods and then out on the prairie trails. I'm really hoping that Spring is hear to stay.

When Hubby headed out for work I decided it was time to stop procrastinating and head to the gym. I've gotta say, I often do NOT enjoy running. It takes a lot out of me mentally to make myself get on the treadmill for an hour+ at a time. The fact of the matter is that I always feel fantastic when I'm finished. This feeling makes it all worthwhile. My friend Joanna said it best the other day: "Fun? No. Rewarding? Yes."

This January my dad and my aunt ran their first half marathon with me at Disney World. Neither of them have ever been runners, but they wanted to do it - and they rocked Disney. I was so proud of them. They both finished in under 3 hours. :) They're both already talking about which event they want to run next. I'm glad that this is becoming a family thing. Here are a few pictures of race weekend in Orlando.

This is after we finished and got back to our resort. We were exhausted and freezing.

Running down Main Street in Magic Kingdom with the castle behind me. It always makes me smile :)

Daddy before the race started. It was like 25 degrees and sleeting. (I can't figure out how to flip this pic!)

Excited/Nervous before the race.

Packet pick-up at the race expo.