So Where Have I Been?

A lot has happened since last September. 

October brought Halloween and the Hatboro YMCA Skeleton Skurry 5K - I had my fastest 5k time yet: 31:46!

Almost to the finish line!

Then it was holiday time and I found myself not losing much weight, but still maintaining my loss. Winter was really tough this year. I was starting to get bummed out that I was plateaued again. I was still going to the gym regularly, and watching what I ate, but the pounds were just not coming off.

Then, in January - I did something kind of crazy.  I was strongly encouraged to sign up for the Broad Street 10 Mile Race. So in January I registered, and wondered what the heck I had gotten myself in to.


The Broad Street Run is a 10 mile road race through the city of Philadelphia, held the first weekend of May each year. So from January to May I did a lot of running. A LOT. I wasn't sure I would actually be able to go through with it, and there were many days I just wanted to give up and sell my registration on Craigs List!


I did not give up, however. I pushed and pushed and had lots of support from friends and family, and on May 2, 2011 - I FINISHED the Broad Street Run! 

Luckily my boyfriend, Russ, followed me via subway down the race route, and got a few action shots of me along the way:

At Walnut St. - the 6 mile mark.

There I go just coming up to the finish line! Final time was 2:10:00. I'll take it!

That was a quick and dirty recap of the last couple of months, and now that I'm back in the blogging saddle I will pick up with my next post on getting over hurdles and plateaus by switching things up!

As always, thanks for reading! And remember - comments/questions/feedback are always appreciated!