The February mean reds

Gotta love free beer! (Corona Light to boot!)

Okay, so there's something you should know about me. The month of February has, historically speaking, always dealt me a fairly irritating hand, so I'm trying my best to keep a positive outlook. But there are ups and downs to every month though, so maybe I'm being a little irrational... (Me? Never!) So this month has been fairly good as opposed to other years. I'm trying to keep my momentum going. In my brain it's all I can think about, but acting on it when I need to is really difficult. My schedule is so up and down, I get really tired at odd times and then I don't feel like running. It's really frustrating. I mean these are definitely the obstacles that I have to figure out how to overcome so... persevere!!

But there are the slightly anecdotal moments like the irony of running late for my yoga class and getting pulled over for speeding... Then missing my yoga class as a result of it. Moral of the story? Don't run late for yoga. haha

But... goals accomplished this week? Even though I missed my yoga class, I pulled a u-turn and went home and did some on my own and I did my first shoulder-stand which I was REALLY excited about. My times are also decreasing in my running. My pace has gone from a 12 minute mile to about an 11.5 minute mile in the past week so that's another thing I'm pretty pumped about.

I bought Hal Higdon's book Marathon too. I'm trying to eat, drink, breath running and healthful thoughts. I can't think of anything I've wanted more, at least for a really long time. Apparently my friends might be getting a little bored by me, but it's what's keeping me going and keeping me happy and strong right now, so they can shove it for all I care.

In other news, my friend Aleen, with whom I'm running the marathon, just got engaged! So congratulations Aleen and Joe! (Joe is also going to be running the marathon with us.) Also the proofs from the Tybee 5k became available, and I think I like them better than others that I have seen. Ha!