tattoos and running shoes

Week One Summary: Miles logged - 5.86 miles Total time - 95.9 minutes Average pace - 16.07 minutes per mile Workout days - Monday, Wednesday, Saturday Week one is in the books and it was...interesting. As a veteran of the Couch to 5K program, I knew what to expect and how to approach each workout. Adding the kids to the mix however, was a whole different ball of wax.  We tried to prep the kids with how many runs to expect, how to pace themselves and how it's mostly a mental game-- that by run 6 or 7, they'd probably be all "MORE RUNNING? WAHHHH." At the same time, we didn't want to put it into their heads that it would be hard-- we just wanted to prepare them and let them know that a lot of distance running is mental. Your body can keep going but your head is like, "UHHH, LISTEN..." All-in-all the kids took everything in stride (no pun intended). There was some complaining, especially on Day Two, but we pushed throug...

It's been two years, two months and 21 days since I last ran an actual run. Sure, I've had two or three starts and stops here and there, but those were just blips. I'd like to tell you all that I had this great injury and I've been working hard day in and day out getting myself back into running condition, but that's a big fat lie. Truth be told, I let my anxiety win there for a bit. Did I ever tell you all out there that I have anxiety? Probably, but if you are just now joining this here party, well, Hi. I'm Lisa and I have anxiety . It's gotten worse as I've gotten older and then it got really bad when my family and I moved 1,600 miles north of our home state, but it's getting better. A lot better. One of the casualties of my anxiety was my running. I just stopped. I had prepared before the Big Move by attending a beginner's running class through one of the local running stores in Dallas. I had built myself back up to running two miles com...