Tonight I became a stripper! :) 3.3 MILES BABY!
LA MARATHON TRAINING #1
Goal: Walk/jog the 1 mile to the gym and run on treadmill for 1 mile
What accomplished: WALKED/JOG/RAN 3.3 MILES!!
I came home to our conversation about the Marathon. R u shocked as I am? He said he’s not ready and that he’s out of shape!!!! I took one look at his freakin’ loving face and I said you are 34 years old….we are doing this for US!!! One year for an eventful one day that we can tell our children about! He said are you serious? I said no shi* sherlock!!!! He said he would “walk” - whoooooooooaaa what happened to the “MAN” who “Ran” from LA to Long Beach???? Nah baby boy, you are going to train with me and we are going to do this - come hell or high water!!! Oh Yah -what happen to I’m Kenyan - I runs Marathons in my sleep!!! Phish!!!
So I told him we doing this - no if’s ands or buts about it!
So he took off for LA to buy some tires for our car - blow out last night. And I decided to scrap my Athletics training class.
Yep you guessed it-I tested the waters tonight! See I need to take baby steps…SO I did
I took a warm up walk..then started setting goals - to the first stop light - no stop….ok walk….to the next longer stop light no stop…….I continued like that. Before you know it - I was taking a cool down walk around my apt complex on home to stretch out and eat.
WOW! WOW! I didn’t know I had it in me. I was so use to the comfort of the gym I was scared to venture out into the streets! So tonight - I stripped and took it down to skin level. I’m doing this - one baby step at a time.
There is no stopping me now!!! Guys, if you want to come a long for a ride…let me know. We can do this. Jo - today I started living my life!! Thank you hon for opening my eyes with your blog. You are my inspiration!!!!!!!
I will need lots of encouragement from you! So please when I whine -slap me k????
good for you! I think it’s funny you are making Rod do it with you…my husband still bitches about when I made him go to my core class…
Thanks Holly - don’t ask me why but I’m crying now. I can’t believe how things will forever change for me.
Wow Marathon! I support you 100%. You will make it. Keep us updated.
I’m glad you BF is doing it with you.
Thanks! Just have to start somewhere. My someday and somewhere is today.
You should run up to Sacramento
I can run a mile in 15 mins… and that is all I have in me hee hee
THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!! You’re even surprising yourself with what you have in you. LOL @ Rod. He’s probably like what happened to my girlfriend?? Whip his ass into shape because you both are in this together!
How many miles is the LA marathon? I’m actually volunteering at the Boston marathon on 4/20/09. Watching those people run AND you & Shaina talking about marathons might just inspire me to do it one day. Anything is possible!
Sounds great, doing a marathon, what a good idea and i know you can do it!
That is so awesome Nancy!!!
Great job! You can do it.
You are in inspiration.
Yays for living!!
Way to get Rods butt into good shape. You guys are so strong I have no doubt you will finish this as an even stronger couple (if thats possible) tell him he has our support to and that we all know you two can do this. Tell him he can start training in his sleep since he runs there already lol.
That’s a brilliant idea about getting Rod to run with you in the marathon. I might have a chat with my b/f about doing a 10K with me in a few months. Would give us an excuse to train together. He keeps on talking about pulling out the focus mits (he wants to get me back into taekwon-do!)… but he might compromise with the running!
Hey go you with your run! That’s fantastic Nancy… knew you’d catch the running-bug sooner rather than later.
Oh and thanks a million for all the booster notes… they’re brilliant!
You are doing wonderful! It will be so much fun when you convince him to do it with you too.
Great! Put the smack down, girl! LOL!
Rock on with the marathon girlie!
I should try your method of convincing your man to exercise…just impose your will upon him.
It’s so simple!
Anywho good luck in training and dont worry, if you whine you know I’ll be right there to smack you upside the head…but with love.
~Renee’
Congratulations, Nancy. You will do awesome of course.
Isn’t amazing what is inside of us? You are an awesome strong woman, you rock, and now you are inspiring Rod!
3.3 miles…whooo hooo!!
You know, I am not a bit surprised. You are strong & determined and I Know you will do everything you desire!
You can & will do this, and taking Rod with ya! lol
you can totally do that marathon! I did a half and shocked myself how well I could do. Just stay positive and keep your eye on that prize. gl
Girl, what can I say about you?? You are da bomb!! Now if being the bomb already wasn’t good enough, you are training for a marathon?? You rock it girl, and whip that Kenyan of yours back into shape! LOL
There is nothing more victorious than running further and longer than you think you can. I can’t brag enough when I add time or mileage to my runs!
There is nothing more victorious than running further and longer than you think you can. I can’t brag enough when I add time or mileage to my runs!
Nancy , go get ‘em Tigress ! I know you can do it ! Hugs, Kimmi
Way to go!! Wow!! So Awesome! Rod will join you, I’m sure of it!!
You amazing period…no exclamation point !
THAT IS AWESOME NANCY!!!!!!!! I’m so proud of you for doing this because you do want to complete something bigger then you ever had! And getting Rod to join you is awesome. Put a little fire under his ass! I will be here to support you through this and give you some tough love because WE ALL NEED IT!!! I’m so excited for you just reading this blog! I started trying to think about different walks/runs we have in town for different drives (you know where they raise money for something and you walk/run some odd miles for a cause). I’m going to start looking into that! Thanks for the idea Nancy. We can all do this together. (Thanks for the comment on my blog yesterday too, I appreciate every single one of them!)
THAT IS AWESOME NANCY!!!!!!!! I’m so proud of you for doing this because you do want to complete something bigger then you ever had! And getting Rod to join you is awesome. Put a little fire under his ass! I will be here to support you through this and give you some tough love because WE ALL NEED IT!!! I’m so excited for you just reading this blog! I started trying to think about different walks/runs we have in town for different drives (you know where they raise money for something and you walk/run some odd miles for a cause). I’m going to start looking into that! Thanks for the idea Nancy. We can all do this together. (Thanks for the comment on my blog yesterday too, I appreciate every single one of them!)
You? Need Encouragement? You are the epitome of encouragement!!! I am so proud of you Nancy! Way to go! Rod can do it too. Tell him that I thought he was more of a man than to wuss out without trying first! LMAO!
I am so proud of you for taking on running!
I know we’d talked about it before, because we’re twins at what exercise we like doing, and I love running. So, I am especially happy to see that you are bringing it on now! 
You go, you!!!!
SHEILA - U want me to run up to you for a visit? Ok - next year I will do that!
training for a marathon? Awesome Nancy!
Nancy - thanks so much for your comment on my blog. I really appreciate it a lot! I do understand what you are saying and I’m going to take it straight to my heart.