Run, Princess, Run

Those of you that know me - know I am not a runner. I played lacrosse in high school - I was only put on the team because I could run fast - I could do short bursts of running, fast.. Not distance, but mostly, I played defense, not a lot of running there. 

(My shoes arent this dirty... yet.. but these are my shoes.)

I'm no runner. But as of recently, Im training myself to be one. This year, a few friends of mine have decided to run the Disney 5k - and I have willing thrown myself on board of this new venture for two reasons - fellowship + fitness. The girls that are doing this are phenomenal women, and friends, and its one of those perfect opportunities to make memories of doing something not only for a good cause, but to fellowship with one another as well. The other reason, is fitness. I am WAY too out of shape. Well, I am getting better now that Ive started running. But I am ready to get back in shape and lose _ _ lbs. (pfft, like Im sharing that on here!) But, trust me its a lot. 

So I broke down and got the Nike+ - and its amazing. A little piece of technology that has gotten me excited about running - Im able to track my progress everyday, from my pace, to distance, and even how many calories Im burning - and then it uploads all your data to the site:

this chart shows all your stats for a specific run - this was my run today, it was a 21 minute run, and I ran 1.93 miles, and burned 205 calories.

Each day I get further and faster on my runs, which to me is a lot. And get this - I actually go to bed thinking "I get to wake up and run tomorrow!" (um, how awesome is that!?)

but no run could ever be complete without a good running mix right? Because who wants to run and count telephone polls? Or mailboxes? That always seemed to make things harder for me. 

some of my songs might be unconventional and I dont listen to them on a normal basis (Poker face, California Girls, etc) but they do have a nice upbeat sound.

  My current favorite is "Until the whole world hears" - by Casting Crowns. It was also a worship song this week, so it was on my ipod this morning, and you know what? I listened to it about 6 times. It makes me happy - gets me going.. and its worship music!