Monday, February 1, 2010

Woo Hoo!!

Another new adventure begins! With the demise of my Facebook life, I feel rather disconnected from those of you who cared about what was going on in my/our lives. So, why not blog?? My family and a few friends have been at it for a few years now, and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading about their goings on and seeing pics of my nieces and nephew....and everyone else, too!

I especially have enjoyed keeping up with my sis in law on her journey of 'change'. She continues to amaze and inspire Brian and I as she makes her way through her process of testing her limits, and pushing herself forward. I don't think she really knows how hearing about her realizations and struggles and determination helps motivate Brian and I and keeps us moving forward. A small example of this is that she has registered for and will begin training for her first Half Marathon soon! Amazing! Knowing that she is about to start down a very challenging (yet very doable : ) few months was the boost I needed to refocus on my own marathon training. Visualizing her finishing her first half marathon, putting in all the training miles, seeing her get her medal....was just the boost I needed to finish mile 20 of my last long run. Seems like a small thing, but believe me, its not. We don't know how a small piece of our life can help someone else in theirs. Sometimes it is in a small way, sometimes its in larger ways.

Which brings me to this blog. As you may have figured out from the name, it will mainly be about Brian and my adventures in fitness and family. For us, those are intertwined pretty tightly. Our kids are with us on every single training run we do. So far for this marathon, we are nearing 300 miles. Most of those 300 miles Emma has ridden her bike along side us. The kids are also here at home with me for every workout I put in. That's 4 a week, about 1.5 hours each. They laugh when I yell, they laugh when I tip over. Sophie laughs when she can hold a side plank for longer than me. They laugh when I am at 60 jumping jacks and have to run to the bathroom because...well, I've had 3 kids so this shouldn't really need explaining.

Point is, you have been given warning that the majority of posts on this blog will deal with working out, running, and family. We will always have our picture site up and running, so for info about what we are doing from day to day not fitness related, keep up with us there. Brian has also been working on his blog, which will be mostly about our family adventures.

I promise to be completely honest about the ups and downs of my journey to stay healthy and on track. I hope you'll find some useful tidbits along the way, and hopefully have a few laughs along the way, too!
Also, when I have more time I will work on the look of the blog and get some pics up, but for now, I am off to do my workout...bring it on Jillian!

15 comments:

  1. So exciting! I was hoping you would do a blog :-) We all have experiences in life, both good and bad, things in life that are exciting to share and others that are cathartic to write down. A blog allows us to do all of that! We will be anticipating hearing more about your trials and adventures :-) Thanks for sharing!!

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  2. Fartleks are awesome - both to do and say.

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  3. I am so excited! You and Brian keep me motivated when I am having a difficult time doing so myself! Thank you! This is going to be awesome to watch.
    Thanks for the comments. I dont think of my blog helping anyone but me....but thanks!

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  4. Yayy! Congrats on your very first blog post :) I can already tell I'll be here more to check up on you guys hehe :)

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  5. Love the format design! It was on my top 10. Love shabbyblog's designs. Totally unique and so easy to do :-)

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  6. Thanks, KT! Trying to go for some style, but not too girly. So many choices, i had to finally just pick one and go with it!

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  7. I love that every time I check your blog it changes! It looks great.

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  8. thanks Melissa, I think I have it mostly figure out now. Yesterday I kept tweeking little things, but hopefully this is it! If anyone sees or has any problems, let me know (like the not being able to comment issue) and I'll try to fix it asap!

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  9. Hey, if you need any help w/ the html coding, feel free to ask and I can tinker around :)

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  10. hmm, Micaela.....I don't even know what that means! You know way more about this stuff, so you'll have to email me and explain. Your blog is amazing, so I trust your input 100% and am totally open to help!!

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  11. Ok so for the 100th time I hope this works...it doesn't want to let me sign in soo here I go again

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  12. WHOOOOO HOOOOOO so glad it worked..Your blog looks great!

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  13. Thanks Brenda, glad you were able to get on!!

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  14. So anxious to read about Napa Marathon. Moo

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  15. Hey mom, if you click on the Planks, Fartleks, and Family Fun at the very top of the page, it will take you to the newest posts. Then you can just book mark www.lathamsontherun.blogspot.com and it will always take you to the newest post...or else it will just keep bringing you back to this post.

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