I have never blogged about anything, and I have been seeing so many do it and it seems to be a way of "talking". I sit at work for 9 hours a day and basically do not do any of that, so this could be nice.
The title of the blog is just as it says, my family getting fit. My son is 13 and runs cross country and track. My daughter is 7 and runs just a mile (not by her own choice).
I used to run in High School, Cross Country and Track and was still decent when I was in the military. After years of running here and running there, I finally stopped. That came upon a pretty bad bout of depression and with that the weight gain came as well. It also stemed from me being laid off from yet another job, I found myself at home feeling sorry for myself and becoming extremly lazy. When I was only 10 pounds of the weight that I delivered my son at, I decided this is ridclious. No one would run with me and I really did not want to run alone. With my son running CC, that gave me the push to help him and that pretty much did help both of us. He for sure was not going to let his mother beat him at all. He though is like me, not fast, but completes the race with pride and hard work. I am not in any means a fast runner (for long distance), but it is something that I truly enjoy. Then I decided to sign up for a 5K and my husband bought me a Garmin 405. I was off and haven't stopped yet, that was just a short year ago.
Once I ran my first 5K, I just had to do another and another. I have now completed 3-5K and 1 Obstacle course and have a mud run in a couple of weeks.
I am now running to further my miles and my times and of course to keep myself fit and trim. I crosstrain with P90X and that program along with my running is so worth all the time I have to put to it, and that is alot of time to the two together!
Overall my goal is right now to complete a 5K, without walking and making it under 29 minutes and just crossing the finish line in a 10K and to get my children to acutally enjoy running with their mom instead of complaining and trying to count the miles and say "I am not running this many miles in one day." One day they will understand how much of a body dump running can be on your mind, body and soul.
