Horoscopes....

Well my brother sent me an email to "not let my blog die" and here is my attempt to get back into it. Coincidentally I haven't been able to run much since I have been so busy with my PR internship and lululemon athletica. But, just in the spirit of me needing a reboost to my workout routine we had a Zumba class in our lululemon boutique last night! That was my scary thing for the day as I am dreadfully uncoordinated but it was definitely a workout that I was sweating throughout and yet you focus so much on the steps and such you don't feel like you're working out. Granted I am really hoping that if I do it again that my skills will have improved somewhat....

Anyway, my big reboost sadly comes from a horoscope I read this morning from an app on my iTouch. Here it is:

"An interest in health and nutrition could come to the surface for you, Leo. New discoveries regarding the benefits of certain nutrients, exercise programs, or other forms of alternative therapy could attract your attention. You might want to attend a lecture of some kind in order to learn more about it. You'll probably stick with any new program begun now, so go for it. Dare to strive for optimal health!"

This comes at the perfect time since I am starting to learn what my schedule will  like and am getting things under control. So here's to getting in shape for this marathon! (Which I have recruited my dad to do with me and he has been running everyday practically since college so I really need to step up my game)

Girl Scouts suck....

My high school reunion in Monterey this weekend was my first time out of the city since I moved here two months ago. It was great to see everyone while I was there but of course I ran into the evil green people that are Girl Scouts. It is that amazing time of year where they stalk you outside of every supermarket and corner you until you buy their boxes of deliciousness. Well, as I am an admitted dessert addict and peanut butter fan, I left with a box of Tagalongs. After the long week I have had they are now gone which is so sad and yet fantastic because now I can move on to getting healthy for my half marathon. So for all of my zero followers out there, just remember that as long as your off days are only once in awhile then you can move on and get back on track. Tomorrow morning I am going to wake up and take a great run before I start my Saturday enjoying the wonderful weather that is San Francisco right now.

First run...

Even before this whole half marathon, I have always loved running outside and breaking out of the gym. Granted, I love the renovated movie theater that is my gym and nothing makes cardio on the elliptical go faster than watching Bruce Willis kick butt in Die Hard... But I like to pretend that I haven't completely lost my runner's gene so a run outside every couple weeks helps keep my delusions alive. The fresh air, the beautiful San Francisco views, and the feeling that I might keel-over at any moment don't even deter me from these random runs through the city.

With the new running towards the bigger picture I am going to have to change my whole random running to an actual regimented schedule. I have been reading up on training and how to avoid injury so that I can do this right. One thing that is important is not taking too much on too fast, aka thinking I can run for an hour straight when I should just be hoping to make it up one of these mountains. I should be clear though, I can run more than one of these hills and up one of these "hills" but once I get to a certain point I don't feel I can push myself farther. I've decided that this is more of a mental block and that I am giving up even though physically I could keep going. This is probably a mini-breakthrough right here and hopefully this will make a difference on my next run tomorrow morning.

My first run out there I ran about a mile straight and then I hit Van Ness where it gets so crowded that I run faster and really focus on how cool I feel running. I can admit this because working out makes me feel like a strong and sexy woman, but I might focus too much on the fact that I'm running and not the actual running part. This is my goal for this coming week and my run tomorrow, stay at a slow and steady pace so I run the whole 30 minutes. Can't wait!

Lets get it started...

In the wake of my recent move to San Francisco and trying to get over this mini-rut in my workouts, I have decided to run a half-marathon. I am going to conquer this whole I am not a runner-thing once and for all. I keep looking back to my freshman year of college where I was feeling awesome and running an hour a day on the treadmill (it was winter time of course)... And then I think, I am 22 years old and already feeling like I need to look back on the good ol' days. Unacceptable and time to make some changes...

Now this past week I have started the difficult task of forcing myself out of my gym and onto the road so that I can figure out how hard this is actually going to be. Let me tell you... this is going to be hard! I am at about 4 and a half miles of what I like to call "w-ogging", basically a combo of jogging and walking (previously called "r-alking" but someone came up with this today and I like it better). The mountains as I like to call them, hills isn't a strong enough word, are really not helping the situation. So in order to make myself accountable and to really make this an experience I have decided to create this blog. My plan is to talk about how I kick this running thing in the butt one mile at a time and how this is going to affect my life as a whole. Friends, family, random people that read my blog, get excited and hopefully this will inspire you too!