December 5, 2009

So, hey.

It's been about, what, another year since the last entry? Facebook has been eating my brain. Or at least eating my will to publish lengthy journal entries. I am slightly concerned that as a society, we are learning to talk to each other in 240-character-or-less snippets, but only slightly. Frankly, I think most of us don't really have all that much to say on a regular basis.

Here's something that I wouldn't have written a year ago: I made an impulse decision to run a 5K race tomorrow. Yeah, that's me, running 5K. I started the Couch to 5K running program back in June and have slowly been building up my endurance to the point that I am now running 3 miles a couple of times a week, plus one longer 5-6 mile run on the weekend. I'm about to start my training program for a May 1 half-marathon, too.

If you had told me a year ago that I would be doing this, I would have laughed in your face. But running has been amazing for me. I tell people that it is my Zoloft, and that's only partially a joke. I went on antidepressants briefly after Gus was born (post-partum depression; it sucked) and the way I feel right now is like how I felt on Zoloft, except without the side effects and the mood flattening.

This race tomorrow is a 5K being run on the parade route for the Children's Holiday Parade that we were going to go to anyway. I just found out yesterday that there was a race beforehand. 5K is not a big deal for me these days (!) so I thought, this could be fun. All registered runners get a Santa hat and a Rudolph nose to wear while running. Awesome, yes? I am hoping to beat my 5K personal record that I set in September, which was 37:47. I've been routinely running 3 miles in around 35 minutes, so I think I can do it. (5K = 3.2 miles.)

Oh, also, I've lost 25 pounds since June. This is only partially as a result of running; I also started eating like I should be. But, I'm back into the size I fit into in college, which is pretty awesome.

I'm not going to promise to publish another entry any time soon, because last time I did that, it took me ten months to post again. But it could happen. No promises, though.

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