Training Progress

Alright, so training update thus far. So far this week I've logged about 6 miles. I've only gone running twice. I plan to head out again tonight after work to get in another 3 miles. It's super tough getting it done on the treadmill because, as I've already said, it's boring!

My first group training run is on Saturday morning at the Niskayuna Bike Path. I believe that we're encouraged to do 4-5 miles. I say encouraged because we are not actually in training yet. Meaning that we are not in our 16 weeks of official training just yet.

Anyway, will keep you posted as to how it goes and what my total is for the week. Hopefully we are somewhere between 12 - 15 miles. Here's to it!

And so it begins................

For those of you who don't know, I picked up running last September as a way to get out of the house and get moving a little bit. I was amazed at the amount of mental sanity that it brought me. It gives me time for myself where I don't have to think about anything else. Anyway, I started running in September and I kept going. I ran my first 5K on November 1st at Emma Willard in Troy, NY. My second 5K was the Turkey Trot in downtown Troy on Thanksgiving Morning. I managed to shave two minutes off my time between the two races.

It quickly became dark (winter) and very cold here in NYS. So I convinced Dan that our family would benefit from joining the YMCA. Really, I just wanted to keep running. So, I began running on the treadmill. Since then I've heard many people refer to it at the dreadmill and now I definitely know why. It's BORING! But, I've managed to keep doing it, but just not as many times per week.

Recently, I decided to check out an informational meeting for the Team in Training program through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. They train athletes to compete in endurance events in exchange for the athlete fund raising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma society. I was so inspired by the cancer survivors who spoke about the support they received from the program during their treatment and how it has enabled them to train and run a marathon themselves! I left the meeting certain that this was something that was so much bigger than myself.

So, it's official, I have lost my mind and I have joined the Team in Training Team and have begun training to participate in a Half Marathon in Lake Placid, NY on June 13th, 2010. I know, totally crazy. Trust me as I'm finishing a 3 mile run it dawns on me that in a matter of a few months I will not be finishing 3 miles, but instead 13.1. Ouch!

Anyway, I ask that you consider helping me to reach my goal by donating to support not only me, but also all of the folks that I'm running for at:

http://pages.teamintraining.org/uny/lkplacid10/sfiskx

Keep checking back as I plan to update here how the physical training and process of preparing for this event is going. Stay with me as I prepare to do the biggest and most meaningful thing in my life that is not about me ....................

More Pictures

Back to Work

Well, being back to work is no fun! I miss my monster every single minute of every single day!!!!!!!!!!!! He's doing really well at Aunt Donna's house though. He's growing like a weed and getting fatter every minute! Just kidding Collin. He's perfect, perfect, perfect.

Grandma & Grandpa Pulkinen came for a visit last weekend and then we had a crazy Easter at Grandma and Grandpa Lojewski's house. Everything went well and we look forward to easter egg hunts next year.

More Pictures of Fun

Play is becoming increasingly popular with Collin. He's so alert and looks around at everything now. He seems to enjoy spending time in his gym and on his tummy time mat. He continues to roll over almost every day so I don't think that it was just a fluke.

Accomplishments!

It's amazing how every day of parenting and babyhood is filled with new accomplishments and achievements. Yesterday Collin was having a little tummy time and he rolled over! Not once but twice. And! Last night we tried our first night in the big crib in our own room. Collin did very well only waking up once in the night. Mommy also did okay. She only woke up 5 or 5 times to check on him. He's growing so fast and changing every day. Absolutely incredible.

My husband....... my hero!

Well this post is an ode to Dan. I don't know if I could ask for a better husband these days. Well maybe I shouldn't go that far, but he has been incredible. Our birthing & postpartum experience has not been the best. I've required a lot of medical care both at the doctors and at home. Dan has really stepped up to the plate and has done things for me that I'm not sure I could do for someone else. He's my at home doctor and nurse and I thank him so much for all that he's done for me.