Yoga Pants Life

Holy cats! Today is the first official day of Chicago Marathon training. I’m excited and nervous at the same time. The next 125 days are going to be something else, that’s for sure.

I still need to get my race recap from San Diego up – I hit my B goal, but unfortunately I was far off from my A goal. The good news is that I did better than I have in years, and that’s something to celebrate. I only wish I could use my Fitbit pace vs. my official time. Oh well, that’s how it goes. Regardless of official vs. device time, there is definitely improvement and that’s something to celebrate.

I’m heading into Chicago with a good base and high hopes, but should probably work on realistic expectations too. Crossing the finish line of a marathon is always an accomplishment and priority one. Next, is to finish within the cutoff time. Then beat my prior time. I think I will have no problem meeting those.

My real goal, however, is to have a 4 in front of my time. That’s all I really want. I’m not in any kind of shape to even entertain a BQ time (I’m so far off, it’s not even funny, so I’m not even going to think about it for a few years.) I think with some sweat and tears, it’s possible.

I’m going to go old-school Healthy Living Blog style and start posting daily. It’s really more as a log for myself (and so that I don’t bombard people on social media.) But I want to post my daily workouts and food (because I need to get some weight off to make this happen the way I want it to.) There – I said it. Now I just need my one reader to keep me accountable.

Here goes nothing…I’ll see you in 18 weeks, Chicago.