so after being a bit of a tomboyish kid (think every christmas I wanted sports equipment, like a basketball one year, ice skates (not really tomboyish but still sporty, a tennis racket with a ball that I would bounce the ball on endlessly, a remote control car another year...) I used to play basketball with the old men of my ward after youth on wednesday nights at age 12-13 and I loved it. I was already my full 5 foot 6 and I felt huge and strong and would shoot 3's as well as a 12 year old girl can. Adolesence hit and I don't know what it was....I think it might have been related to the fact that I have always been "well endowed" and I got kind of freaked out of running or moving too fast in public. Besides the normal mockery of junior high and people telling me I ran weird I became less sporty and through highschool I never really played sports. Then young adulthood (and by the way....Danny proposed to me by putting my engagement ring in a tennis ball while we were playing) hahah. and then 3 babies and my version of excercise was pushing a double stroller through the neighborhood. It is quite a workout. So in my heart I've always felt like I have something athletic in me and now drum roll please...................................... I'm learning to run! And I'm going to run a 5k in the spring!!!!!!! I know that sounds pathetic to all you athletic running people, but seriously, I've NEVER run. So I'm starting slow. I'm on week 4 of the couch to 5k program. It's pretty awesome because I actually am running and I'm not feeling like I'm going to die or pass out or anything. the bonus is 5 pounds are history! Also you only have to run like 3-4 times a week which is good if its hard to find time to excercise. So now I just have to pick my first race and my goal is just to finish it. In less than an hour. A half hour would be awesome.
and here's a link. So if you are like me (grab a good sports bra) and start it TODAYhttp://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml
