Every mile is magic?

Ok, so after this blog has remained dormant for *cough cough* years, I am reviving it as an online journal as I train for a half marathon. I am a stay at home 32 year old mother of 4 (DD7, DD6, DS2 and DS16months). I am a Navy veteran, but have been out since 2006. I would love to lose 60 pounds to get back to my post-kids weight, but realistically would be pleased with losing 40. I am currently following the Jeff Galloway training program for beginning runners (found here: http://as1.wdpromedia.com/media/ewwos/pdf/rundisney/training-programs/WnD12beg.pdf) I am six weeks into the training. When I started I was smart in saying that I was only going to work on the distance and then work on running faster, but of course, I did not do that. I have been going further and running faster each and every week. The problem is that I am overweight and my body is not used to carrying this much weight over this long a distance this quickly. The pain in my knees has been, well, intense to say the least. At its worst it was bad enough to keep me awake at night. I took the last week easy and the pain has (mostly) subsided so for my first run this week (tomorrow) I will be easing up on the speed quite a bit. And, yes, I do realize the irony in this- I started running to lose weight, but now I’m realizing I’m going to need to lose weight to be able to run! Even when I was in the Navy, running was torture. I hated every mile of those forced “fun” group runs. Yet here I am, willingly running. My life has reached the point where I am glad to get the chance to get out of the house and be alone with my thoughts and the relief that comes from FINALLY doing something good for myself. When I started this more than a month ago my goal was to be able to run Disney’s Wine and Dine Half Marathon in November. Because running has to be more fun at WDW- everything else is! Plus, I love that place. I would walk through hot coals to be able to go there, so comparatively, running 13.1 miles is easy, right? Unfortunately that plan has hit the rather regrettable snag of my husband doesn’t want to pay for (another) vacation to Disney World. So I am going to have to dig down and find the real motivation to keep going. Hence the blog. It serves as my journal as well as a public declaration of my intentions. Whenever I start to diet or work out, I keep quiet about it so when I inevitably fail, no one knows. Not this time. Join me for my journey, because I am in it for the long run :)