Skinny

I was actually called that today!

Seriously it took my breath away... it something like this..

I was commenting on a friends hair, saying how beautiful and shiny it was and I was telling her I had always loved her hair and she was saying she was thinking it was so frizzy today and couldn't believe she was leaving the house looking like she was. I said that I didn't see it and wish I had her sheen, she really has gorgeous hair. Really she's a classic beauty all around.

She goes to me, well you just amaze me with your four children and your so skinny! 

SKINNY! This has been a very long journey for me with all my injury's and I still have half my battle to go and she called me skinny! I wanted to kiss her feet!

In fact a lot of people have been commenting on my physique and it's funny, I don't see it! 

But I do FEEL lighter. I feel agile. But definitely not skinny compared to the frame I have known all of my life before children.

But instead of saying all these things, I said Thank You and actually believed what she saw for a moment! She made my day! 

I'm so hooked on races after my first one this past weekend. I'm so looking forward to training for my 9k for Maggie's Place. I also found out, that I got injured because I was running too much. So now I'm cutting it to 3-4 times a week instead of almost everyday. Doing my speed work one day, then interval, and then distance. Really 3 days should do it.

I'm also going to do a really cool race called Mad Mud Run. It's a 5 mile course with an obstacle/bootcamp like course of monkey bars, wall climb, tires, MUD PIT, you think it they probably have it! SO right up my alley! I think I have a couple of girls interested, but Joe is totally into get a Fitwell team together too. You can do teams in 2 or 5, or by yourself. So so so cool!

Right now, I'm taking 5 days off from running, but still doing other cardio and training with Joe. This is my second day. I walked to the park for PG today for the girls and I wanted to break into a sprint. I had to hold myself back! Reminding myself that when you push yourself hard in a race atmosphere you have to take as many days off as many K's that you run because your body is still healing and you can cause injury. Racing is not like training. So amazing how the body works.

All of these training days and races gives me something. Something all about me and only me. I can only inspire me, force me, encourage me, and impress me with the work and results. The only thing standing in my way is me. So YAY me ;-) Keep it up! It's nice to be Heather again, along with Mike's wife and The Zoo's Mommy.