Running with Micah

We've done it!

2010-02-01T12:54:00.000-08:00

For the past few months we have been running/walking/chatting about 3 days a week. It's been fun, low key and comfortable. On the rainy cold days we have done some Wii running and stretching and had fun. We have been looking for a race to enter and thought about a 5K to start with but then we found out there will be a Half Marathon on the Outer Banks on April 18th. With great excitement we have registered and needing more guidance have bought the book Marathon Running for Dummies.

Today we ran our first 3 miles all the way to Starbucks where we rewarded ourselves with Hot Chocolate and Coffee. The running trail was iced so we ran between ice patches and moved with care over the bad spots. Our time was not great about a 16 minute mile but at least we have begun the training in earnest.

What Fun!

2009-11-16T10:51:00.000-08:00

Saturday the 7th we decided that it would be fun to at least pretend we were running in the Marathon, so we started at the big banner and ran to the 2 mile marker. Well, actually it was more like a walk and jog a bit, walk and jog a bit but it was fun and Fay met us with hot chocolate at marker.

Last week we ran with the Wii because of the NORTHEASTER that blasted the OBX for most of last week. That running was hilarious as Micah was determined to beat the Mii that we were supposed to follow and every time he rushed ahead his Mii would trip and fall. It didn't matter to him that his score would have been better if he had simply followed, he wanted to pass the little guy. I found that running on the Wii was very much like running in real life because I was not going to be able to keep up and might as well enjoy the slower jog.

This morning we warmed up and then took the walkway over the marshes in Kitty Hawk. If we do it twice we have a mile. We are working on being able to run the whole mile and then begin to add more.

Chatting with Micah has been nice and I find he always seems to be ready for a new challenge. He also responds well to encouragement and he likes doing something a little different from his older brothers. It's been fun to get to know him better.

Our first morning

2009-11-04T12:19:00.000-08:00

I picked Micah up at 7:15 and we headed to the walking path. As suggested by the Beginner's Guide to Running, we did our first 10 min. as a warm-up walk and then interspersed walking and jogging and finished with a bit of stretching. We did cover a mile and felt quite pleased with ourselves.
The really fun part was hearing all about Micah's youth group and friends and thoughts about whatever popped in his mind. I'm so grateful for this time to share together and can't wait for our next walk/run.

It begins tommorrow

2009-11-03T13:51:00.000-08:00

"Have you ever thought about running a marathon? " That was my question to my nephew Micah who is 12. " Well, I've thought about it."

That was our beginning a few days ago. Tomorrow we begin the actual running. We have a year before the annual OBX Marathon and it will take that for me to be ready.

Why are we doing this?

1. We both thought it might be cool to do a marathon.

2. I'm looking forward to time with Micah.

3. I'm tired of hearing the Wii Fit say "That's Obese."

4. I'm looking forward to the things God helps us discover on this journey.

We've already discovered that for us to be able to meet together to run we have to begin before school because we are both too busy in the afternoons.

This blog will be about our adventure as we get ready for the marathon next year.