Starting over

So I kind of gave up on the group runs. My stupid blister took me out long enough to get too far behind and so I am starting over.  I have time, and Lucy likes running with me. I dug out the Garmin, leashed up Lou and we ran 6 miles this morning.  We are going to add a mile each week and once we hit 11, revisit it several weekends in a row.  I want my first half marathon to be the first time I run 13 miles.  Then I will re evaluate and decide if I'm going for 26.2 or just working on a faster 13.1!  I got a little frustrated because my marathon run leader said that training for a marathon and losing weight do not go well together.  She said if you eat so little that you are losing weight, then you can't be getting enough to recouperate after a run and you will get injured and sick all of the time. So I'm thinking that if my goal is to lose 25 lbs this summer, then I should stick to half marathons.  There is one every month through november so I have plenty to do! Tomorrow we are going on another bike ride.  This weather makes it so nice to hop on the bikes and go! We are getting ready for the bridge pedal and the portland century and shouldn't have any trouble getting up to 40-50 miles by aug. We just have to get up really early to beat the heat on weekends like this! It was 75 by 9am this morning and little black dog had her tongue hanging all the way to the pavement.....I forget how long her tongue is until summer!! HAHAHA! Motivation for my midweek runs is running thin.  I get tired sitting in class all day or on my clinical day getting up at 4 am.  Hard to summon the energy to go run.  Once I do it, I feel great. At least it's not cold and dark out! Couldn't we find somewhere to live that has perpetually nice weather all year!!! A little rain, a little snow, but mostly just blue skies and 75 degrees all year round????

10 mile blister

10 mile run in george rogers park today.  That was a good find....pretty place. The run was a little hilly, but I didn't have any trouble until the last couple miles when I felt the beginings of a blister on my big toe. It didn't hurt, but it looks pretty gnarly!  Going to let it go for a day and hope it starts to drain! Kinda hard to do the rest of my runs with a big fat blister!  Can't believe I ran 10 miles today.....pretty big deal for me.  On top of that I am feeling pretty accomplished for driving to the run sites on my own in portland. That is something I really never thought I would be doing.  The GPS is awesome and really helps, but I am getting to know my way around NW portland, lake oswego, tualitin and downtown portland.