I'm Back.

And I'm sorry I've been away so long! I haven't run since the last time I posted about getting sick. Oy. It's been a busy and stressful few weeks, and I had a semi-epiphany about my training that shaped a new approach to this.

This blog is about qualifying for the Boston Marathon, but one of the big reasons I wanted to qualify for Boston was because I thought it would be a vehicle for me to get my life back on track. To get inspired again, to get confident again, and frankly, to get thin again. For almost a year now I've put an incredible amount of pressure on myself, trying to engineer my diet and training to lose all the weight I've gained in a really short time, and all I did was disappoint myself.

No more of that. I'm pledging to merely eat and train to qualify for Boston and for running ... not for weight loss, and not by a certain date. I've gotten rid of my scale, and I'll measure my progress in running and health markers alone. I've found that being thin isn't much of a long-term motivator for me ... to stick with something I have to have real reasons to stand on (like being able to enjoy running even more, not wear a size 4).

In the time I've been away I also started a blog about re-ordering my relationship with food along the lines of what I outline above. Might not be for everyone, but if you're interested, here's the link.

In the meantime, here's the training schedule for tomorrow:

(2) 3-mile runs (gotta build up slowly lest I get sick)
2 hours of yoga
1 hour core work
1 hour, mat workout
15 minutes jumprope