I knew it would happen...

I just didn't know when!

This weekend I experienced my first twinge of pain that worried me. We had our 9 mile run and about mile 4 my foot began to hurt and I felt a pulling. It wasn't bad enough that I needed to stop so I finished and talked with one of the physical therapists there at the shop (one of the many reasons that I love running with Rogue.) Anyway after ruling out that my shoes as the problem I decided to go ahead and make and apt with the PT to go in and have my feet worked on. He thinks it Plantar fasciitis which the therapy for I hear SUCKS, but and this is a big BUT, I do not want to get injured even more and not be able to finish the race so I will endure some pain to get this taken care of.
On a related note...Holy Crap (sorry mom) I ran 9 miles. It was pretty great to finish and know that I am only 4 miles from my goal. Had my foot not been bothering me I feel like 4 more miles would not have killed me and that is a great feeling. It's also pretty good because I am running a 10K in 3 weeks and now I know I am more than ready to do it. The 10K is at Spicewood Vineyards so I'm trying to encourage Jake and his dad to come out to watch me finish and do some wine tasting and try some yummy food at the post race party. As part of our race packets we get wine glasses with the logo etched on them, I may be a simple and amused by the little things that come along with the race packets but I think that is pretty cool.

Well I'm pretty excited that I only have 5 more days of work until I am off for a full week, yay Thanksgiving. I hope everyone is doing great and thanks for all the encouraging comments along my little running journey! It really helps to know that I have so much support behind me!

Already??

Well it's just under 100 days until the 1/2 Marathon and I can't believe it's going by so fast. Here is how far I have come

• When I began it took me 45-50 minutes to finish a 5K and that included me taking walking breaks
• This past saturday I RAN my first full 5K, no walk breaks and I completed it in 36minutes and 44 seconds
• When I first started this I was in the 15 minute mile group
• Now I'm running in the 11 minute mile group
• The longest I ever ran before all of this was maybe 1/2 a mile without stopping
• Now I have done an 8 mile run and this Saturday I'll be running 9

There's still a long way to go before I get to where I need to be for the race but so far so good and I have 96 days to get there. It's been pretty amazing seeing how far my body can go and how my body is changing. Who doesn't love buying new jeans because the old ones are falling off? It's pretty fun but it's also pretty hard, luckily massages are recomended and I love a good excuse to get a massage.

Well that's my little update.

Colin's Hope

Running this half marathon is in large part for me. It's something that I want to acomplish and finish. The desire to finish and succeed at this run is a huge driving force but I am also motivated by the fact that while I am training and running this race I'll be raising money for a great charity here in the Austin area, Colin's Hope!

The reason I chose this particular charity is because I love the water and I love swiming, I have been in and around the water for most of my life. There is something about it that is so calming and wonderful that it just draws me, but I respect how dangerous not having proper knowledge of the water and water safety can be. Below are a few facts about water safety as it relates to young children:

The Facts
● In 2005, there were 3,582 fatal unintentional drownings in the United States, averaging ten deaths per day.
● In 2005, of all children 1 to 4 years old who died, almost 30% died from drowning. Fatal drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years
● For every child who dies from drowning, another four received emergency department care for nonfatal submersion injuries.
● 19% of drowning deaths involving children occur in public pools with certified lifeguards present (http://www.colinshope.org/default.aspx)

If you read Colin's Story you will hear the passion his family has for making people aware of these facts and also the comitment of Colin's Hope to educate people and to make everyone more aware when you're out for a swim or are around water.

I'm excited to meet all the other running buddues for Colin's Hope and train for this race together. It will be pretty awesome to pass by the Colin's Hope water stop on race day and see all those excited faces cheering us on!

Running for yourself is awesome but running for a great cause makes you run a little faster!!

Oh my

Well one of the kids today asked me when the baby would be here and patted my tummy, kill me now!! Needless to say I will be running extra hard tonight and will be heading to core class tomorrow night.

Update*** I love my husband! He is the most amazing encouragement out there. On a day where I feel uber down about myself and so not motivated he is just what I need and knows just what I need to hear. It's so fabulous having him in my corner!

Back to work!

Well after a week of being sick and dealing with funeral stuff I am back to training. Well technically I have been back since Monday but this is the first that I have been able to write about it. I was nervous because I had missed 4 days of running and this Saturday we are doing a 5 mile run...I just got to 3 miles before I got sick so this week was major make-up time. Tonight we're running 4 miles so I really hope that my body cooperates and I can get this done. I ran 4 on Monday and yesterday so hopefully my body will hold up and get through tonight.

Love and Loss

"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. At other times it feels like being mildly drunk, or concussed. There is a sort of invisible blanket between the world and me. I find it hard to take in what anyone says. Or perhaps, hard to want to take it in. It is so uninteresting." - C.S. Lewis

It's so hard to be selfless right now because I'm so sad but I'm also beginning the process of rejoicing that Mimi has moved on to a much more amazing place. Last night peacefully she passed away after being able to see all of her children. I'm so happy that she is in a place of peace, no pain, no nightmares and a place where she can walk side by side with Papa for all of eternity. They are together again and that makes me smile, but my heart is also broken. I will miss her more than I can even begin to describe but she had a wonderful and full life! I just can't help but hate that can't hug her, hold her hand, give her three kisses on the cheek and just be with her 1 more time, but that is me being selfish.
My family has always been close! Family defines who I am, and defines what I want for my future. I know I am lucky to have known my great grandmother for so long and I will cherish her memory forever! I was lucky to be able to spend a very happy day with her a few weeks ago for her birthday and I am glad that the last time I was able to see her Jake and I were both able to tell her that we love her. I'm so happy that she loved Jake and embraced him into our family.
I feel like all of my thoughts are jumbled and not clear in my head so i'm going to say goodnight for now but if I may ask please say some prayers for my family as we make our way through the next couple of days and from then on. The viewing is tomorrow afternoon and the funeral is on Saturday afternoon.

You've reached Lindsey...

...I'm not able to come to the phone, blog, facebook or basically anything other than twitter because I belong to (as of 2pm Friday until Monday AM) ACL and all of it's musical yummy-ness. Please feel free to leave me a message or just come find us. I'll be there, spiked sweet leaf mint honey tea and kettle corn in hand, all weekend rain or shine!

Really I know everyone knows how I feel about ACL by now. It's amazing and really I kind of love it more than Christmas which is saying alot! This year is the first year that my sister will be at the festival so it will be fun to share this with her. Also Aubs is in town!!! and so is Jeff. It's always great to spend time with the out of towners! Well I'm off to bed and will have pictures after we have recovered.