day 1.

My oh my has it been awhile since I have last been on here! When was it...oh yeah! The very first day of this semester, and now there are only about 4 weeks left! God has done a lot of many wonderful things in my life since that day, but there's just too much to possible post in one entry! So today, I'm here to (once again) bring about a change of pace in my blog.

I have made it a goal to run my first half marathon in the fall. There, I said it. Now everyone knows! Over this semester, I have started running, quite literally, STARTED running. I used to be able to run some distance, but in soccer, you never really would need to run long distances in the game. But after a few years off soccer and focusing primarily on academics my first year in college, I lost whatever running ability that I had left. So I started a running plan to get myself in running condition. I went from being only able (barely) to run 5 minutes straight, to being able to run over 30 minutes and still feel strong! It's an amazing accomplishment in my book! Now, I don't have to say that I wish I was a runner, but that I AM a runner! PTL! So, with all of that being said, I have made it my goal to run a half marathon in the fall with this entire summer to train up!

Today was the first official day of my half marathon training and it went relatively well. This past Saturday I ran slightly over 3 miles on a very hilly course. Apparently my legs were still beat AND I was running with one of my friends which caused me to run at a faster pace then I normally run at (which is exactly 10 minutes a mile). So, I was supposed to run 2 miles, but only managed to crank out 1.5 miles, yet at a fast pace! But I feel really good and didn't really feel super exhausted afterwards, which is definitely a great sign of improvement! I realize that 2 miles out of 13 is nothing much, but I am confident that with God as my strength, I am going to be able to run those 13 miles!

Today just marks that first day, that first step, towards an amazing goal.