RACE BUG

Ijust researched the races that are coming up this spring and summer in Texas. There are BILLIONs, literally! I have been bitten by the racing bug again. I went on two 3 mile runs today, and I just want to keep on running now. Of course, I will keep my running to a moderate level until I am finished with my weight loss goals, but that doesn't mean I will not be signing upfor races like crazyin order to motivate me to train!

My second run today was around the hospital track- 3 miles in 23:59, a very decent 5k time considering the HEAT and my lack of focus on running. Being in grad school, I can lose track of the things which make me who I am- I'm so busy in my school projects an obligations. It scares me, but actually that is another story...Running makes me feel like myself. Eating clean makes me feel like ME. Feeling proud of what my body can accomplish, strong and steady progress in my fitness goals, THAT is ME. What helps is Adam's encouragement, not only to exercise and eat healthy, but to be who I am. I've missed that support, and he is so proud of me! He can't eve see the efforts I have made, but he knows how well I am doing. I'd been trying and trying and trying to diet and stick to something, but always temptations got in the way, in the form of the Tap Room, BEER, cocktails, parties, BARBECUE, Krispy Kremes, breakfast... Excuses. Suddenly, I was able to stick to a diet. I just randomly picked up Eat Clean Recharged and I am doing it. I'm being very strict on "treat" foods- there are no cheats in the first 28 days- in cluding (especially!) alcohol and any form of sugar. I'm even cutting back on things which don't even have a ton of sugar. Forget chocolate, in any form . I am thinking the new birth control regimen will help nicely.

MY progress in five days alone inspires me to stick with this, solely based on how good I feel. Obviously, I have not lost any body fat at this point, but I have purpose when choosing what I eat, and I have self control.

Now that that is all out of the way, I have decided to organize my thoughts according to races I wish to do before I finish school. I want to rack up as many race bibs/technical tees/ freebeer as possible before I leave Texas! These are the races I want to do:

April 14- Feed the Need 5k Fun Run- San Marcos
April 29- Schlotzsky Bun Run 5k/10k- Austin
June 2- Texas Lavender 5k/10k Women's Run- Blanco
June 23- Keep Austin Weird 5k- Austin
Alamo City Beer Challenge- Four races: 10k, 15k, 20k and 20 miler from June thru October- SA

And then I want to round it all out with a marathon, either the New Braunfels on Oct 27 (yay!) or the San Antonio Rock n Roll Marathon (expensive?) in November. Any beer/pickle/kolache run in between or a nice 10 miler will also be necessary. I'm so excited- so many races to do!
Gotta get training!