On your mark, get set, go!

Hello there! It's my first day of winter break, and so I thought I would explore the world of blogging. One particular reason has prompted me to start my own fitness, motivational, running blog: to stop annoying my "friends" on Facebook with all my running/workout posts. I know that it can be annoying for all of my friends to see that I ran x many miles today and that they really don't care. *sigh* Personally I think that seeing my friends posts about fitness or any other subject manner which may seem mundane to most is actually inspirational to me. I admire people who are out there getting it done. It inspires me to get moving too! Always try to find the positive in all posts/people! That being said, I will try my best to use this as my sounding board to my fellow running peeps and those who decide to follow me. I am not an expert runner or fitness guru. I'm just an average runner who strives to put one foot in front of the other for several miles a week. 

Currently I'm on a rest period of running. I will be gearing up for spring races and have signed up for the Detroit Half Marathon www.freepmarathon.com this fall. It will be my third time running this race and I'm hoping for a PR. Best half time is 1:57, my split from my marathon. I've got a lot to work on, but I was happy with that time for my first marathon half time. Right now it's simply maintenance runs for me mixed in with more cross training. My new favorite workout is cardio kickboxing! Lizzie kicks my butt every Monday and Wednesday at the gym. The workout is challenging and extremely invigorating. I feel amazing after class. I try to mix it up with yoga too. It is a good way for me to stretch out all those tight muscles from running. Anyway, who doesn't wish to be more flexible, right? It's actually a really good workout and a great way to sweat it out.

You should try it some time. 
How do you get your yoga on? Here's a good article for runners - http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=1578
Here's to a new adventure - Thanks for listening to me ramble on.

 - Emily