I started to get into a good routine about 2 years ago and then I became pregnant with my second child. After he was born, I began again but over did it and hurt myself. By the time I was healed and ready to go again, winter was starting and my son was going through a phase on wanting to wake up super early. He would only go back to sleep if I would lay down with him. So if I left to go run in the cold, dark winter morning, my husband was left with a crying baby. Clearly that did not last long.

So I tried to do P90X this winter in hopes of going right back to running when spring came and the baby was older. I did okay, but did not finish the whole program. If the baby was up, my husband was up and wanted to get ready for work and on with his day. I could not convince them to pretend like I was running and not even there if I was exercising in front of the tv in the living room.

So now spring is here and I am running again. I am hoping that this time the routine sticks and I can really make some progress as far as getting in better shape, improving my times, and increasing my endurance. I have set a goal of running a marathon this year in hopes of motivating myself to stick with it. I am not overdoing it this time. I am just trying to take it slow and build up.

I hope to run some more races this year, instead of the one or two that I have done in years past. I hope to get to a point where I can consider myself a real runner and not just someone who runs from time to time. But we will see.