Team in Training

I did it. I signed up for the Nike Women's Half Marathon with Team in Training. 

I've never done this run, but I've heard from friends that it is amazing AND there is a Tiffany necklace sitting at the finish line! I've never been one to seek out fancy or expensive jewelry, but the thought of owning my very own Tiffany just makes me tingle! And for some reason, running to get it, makes it that much better, like I earned it or something. So please, don't buy me a Tiffany and then tell me I can stop running. 

I'm really excited to be teaming up with Team In Training again, because they are awesomeness. My husband and I completed a century bike ride about 6 years ago, before those rascally kids came along, and we trained and rode with TNT. I cannot say enough about them. I don't have a single bad memory from that experience, and I rode 100 miles on a bicycle people! Oh wait, back up, one bad memory, but it's my own fault....

The first day of training, we were expected to ride 15 miles (which naturally seems trivial now). But I thought that would be a really good day to completely wean myself off coffee. Cold turkey. Only a handful of you have had the, ahem, pleasure of seeing me before my first cups of coffee in the morning. It ain't pretty. So of course this was a disastrous idea. I'm pretty sure by the middle of the ride, the entire team and coaching staff was ready to give me back my registration fee and kiss my skinny butt goodbye, but being the amazing people they are, they just smiled and laughed and said see you next week, and please drink your coffee. 

So, for the next few months, I'll be periodically posting about fundraising and my Team In Training runs. Please follow along as I fumble my way through this and provide as much encouragement as you can muster up!