About

A Really Long Time Ago
In the 8th grade, I failed the Presidential Physical Fitness test because I could not run one mile, even though my mom drove me to the middle school track several times to practice.

2009
My friend Rebekah convinced me to run the Oklahoma City Marathon relay with her family. I committed to one of the 5K legs, all the while thinking I’d finish and cross that item off my bucket list. A funny thing happened on the course, though. Single, overweight me was huffing and puffing my way through my leg  when two very handsome guys, dressed only in black shorts, their muscles gleaming in the Oklahoma sun, passed me. On their way by, they said: “Good job, keep going.” I was shocked. And I decided right then that if this was what running was about, I was in.

2010
After my first 5K, Rebekah and I joined a running group in our hometown, Austin. Through that program, we met a fellow runner, Leah. Together, the three of us ran the San Antonio Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon. The night before the event, we joked that if we lived through the half, we would do twelve races in 2011, just so that we could create a calendar for ourselves.

2011
We really did 12+ races in 2011, many of them half marathons. I took an extended blogging break sometime in the summer of 2011, only because I didn’t know how to squeeze in writing time with my training, my day job, my social life, and you know, that thing called sleep.

2012
I’m currently training for the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. When I cross the finish line, it will be as if I have come full circle. It was in OKC, after all, where I did my first 5K. Over the last four years, my journey has expanded: in the beginning it was about jogging the curve of my local track, walking the straights, and living another day to do it again. Now I run because it’s fun, and I’m on an adventure to define what living well means for me. Writing it seems, is part of that journey, so I’m back to the world of blogging.