run

a couple of months ago, steve and i signed up for the mini-marathon which takes place in indy every spring. we ran this race in 2010, right before i got pregnant with C (i mean, right before getting pregnant with C. he was born almost exactly 9 months later. side note: nothing like setting yourself up to fail by being in the best shape of your life before getting pregnant. bad idea). it's a really cool race, largest half marathon in the nation, and at least a mile of the course is run on the Indy 500 track. pretty neat.

steve and i felt like signing up would be that extra motivation we've been needing to lose some weight and add a little more discipline to our lives.

we haven't really run since registering for the race. and truthfully, i can count on one hand the times i've run since C has been born. pathetic. but today i ran. two miles. slow pace, but i did it.

running the mini isn't a new years resolution. it's not a goal of mine for 2012. i've run two half marathons in the past two and a half years and that feels like enough for me. i'm not dying to run another one. i've loved the time off from running and i don't think i'd regret choosing chocolate chip pancakes on saturday mornings with the boys over running for two hours.

but i love to run. and i'm craving some self-discipline in my life right now. so today i ran. and it felt good. 

 (my sister and i after the oak brook half. september 2009)

 (s and i after the mini. may 2010. 

we probably conceived like right after this picture was taken. high on endorphins, looking so thin and sexy, i mean it's possible. just kidding. sorry, mom.)