well, here we are! with inspiration from our FAVORITE commercial ever --- the cute ol gym shorted chum who was afraid he wouldn't make the track team, so he tried hardee's --- we have started our blog!!!
after being out of shape since college, i've decided i needed to whip myself back into shape, and three days into my revelation, my lovely sister calls asking me to run a half marathon "with" her.. so here we go!!!
so technically we start our training on sunday aug. 1st. i have been working out for about two weeks now, but i am still going to be cardio-shocked.. however, if my sis is doing it, i won't let her do it alone!!! now if only we could train together because lord KNOWS that the kentucky summer (umm 100 degrees but humidity makes it feel like 115!) is not going to let me run outside. i have a gym membership and thank GOD there's cable television.. i still haven't gotten down the whole "run for FUN" thing.. so there's always an episode of House Hunters or 48 Hours Mystery to distract me..
on our blog we will record all our triumphs (breezing thru a successful day of training) and tragedies (having to say no to a hot fudge sundae then almost falling off the treadmill on a saturday afternoon). i hope you all (mom and dad? laura? kyla? kristen?) enjoy reading and i hope we can make you proud by running/walking/crawling/being transported by stretcher across the finish line!!!!!!!!
love you all! herrrrre we go sissy!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Two girls. Two countries. One mission: To finally make the track team.
I never thought I would voluntarily sign up for any running event after trying to run the 400 meter dash in High School(which is aparently a SPRINT. I was not aware of this fact until I was signed up for it involunitarily . I passed out after coming in last...).
But somehow the combination of kind of enjoying a little jog now and again paired with the amount of calories consumed this summer vacation have inspired me to sign up for the Dresden Marathon in October.
After deciding to do it I first told as many people as I could that I would be running, so I would feel guilty if I tried to quit and then I decided that I needed some extra moral support... like somebody to run with. But of my best friends in Dresden, one is already wrapped up in P90X and one has asthma, and they are both fitter than I am, meaning working out together could come as an embarassment.
Solution? Work out with somebody who is not actually there! And who better than my sister, Anna!!!!
So I called Anna to see if she was interested and not only has she taken on my challenge, but she is already working out to prepare. (More than I can say. I am still on vacation, afterall.)
So this blog is our official coming out. We are coming out of the non-running closet and running 13 miles away from it. (Clearly we aren't running the WHOLE marathon. We aren't THAT motivated!!!!)
We will both be documenting our stories from two sides of the ocean: Anna in Kentucky and me in Dresden. We don't really know what we are going to write about yet. It could be really boring. (But, hey, let's face it: you are already reading THIS and it's pretty boring, so it won't really matter.)
HAPPY TRAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KATE
P.S. I got new running shoes today from Mom and Dad for my birthday. No more excuses.
But somehow the combination of kind of enjoying a little jog now and again paired with the amount of calories consumed this summer vacation have inspired me to sign up for the Dresden Marathon in October.
After deciding to do it I first told as many people as I could that I would be running, so I would feel guilty if I tried to quit and then I decided that I needed some extra moral support... like somebody to run with. But of my best friends in Dresden, one is already wrapped up in P90X and one has asthma, and they are both fitter than I am, meaning working out together could come as an embarassment.
Solution? Work out with somebody who is not actually there! And who better than my sister, Anna!!!!
So I called Anna to see if she was interested and not only has she taken on my challenge, but she is already working out to prepare. (More than I can say. I am still on vacation, afterall.)
So this blog is our official coming out. We are coming out of the non-running closet and running 13 miles away from it. (Clearly we aren't running the WHOLE marathon. We aren't THAT motivated!!!!)
We will both be documenting our stories from two sides of the ocean: Anna in Kentucky and me in Dresden. We don't really know what we are going to write about yet. It could be really boring. (But, hey, let's face it: you are already reading THIS and it's pretty boring, so it won't really matter.)
HAPPY TRAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KATE
P.S. I got new running shoes today from Mom and Dad for my birthday. No more excuses.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Why so glum my gym-shorted chum?
Anna and Kate have decided to run a half-marathon. This is the story of their struggle.
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