It is Week 13!

I am in week 13 of running! WooHoo! It is now habit I think. It feels like it, cause i sure miss it when I can not run.

Franny Runs - Back on Track!

I was able to run 5 miles pain free today and at a good pace. I am very excited. I am still icing the knee just to be safe. I am also doing a lot of exercises to strengthen the muscles around the knee.

It is just so nice to be out an running again.

This is week 12 or is it 13? I will have to check my calendar.

Franny Runs - First Injury Recovering!

I was able to run 3 miles today pain free! That makes me so happy. It has really been depressing not being able to run for a whole week. Yikes, you would think that I was some sort of athlete or something! Hee Hee, I just have fallen in love with running. I guess it is because I could never do it before, and now it is happening!

Tomorrow I run 5 miles and 6 miles on Saturday. I am like a kid at Christmas, I just can't wait to get out there and do the miles! What a dork I am. But it makes Franny happy! And that is what matters right?

Franny Runs - First Injury!

Well I am off for a couple weeks with a knee injury. It is very painful to run on my left knee. I was told to not run for a couple weeks. I am supposed to do "pool running". So that is what I am doing to strengthen the leg muscles.

I am also looking at the possibility of having surgery on my abdomen. It seems there is something there that is causing all of the pain I have been having. I see a specialist tomorrow and then they will decided to do a surgery or not.

Ugh, that will be another couple weeks off of running.

Franny Finishes Disney Half Marathon!

Well I did it! I ran the Disney Half Marathon today. It was a really fun race! 13.1 miles and I enjoyed each one. My goal was to finish in under 3 hours. My time was: 02:58:56! Is that close or what!

I ran the race in honor of my mother. She passed 19 years ago from complications of heart disease and diabetes. Her last words to me where "Don't get heavy again!" Well I am finally heeding those words. I lost 117lbs in the last year and a half and now that I am running I will keep them off plus! I now that she would have been very proud to see me cross that finish line. The pants that I am holding in the picture are the ones I wore a year and a half ago. They are a reminder of where I have come from and where I will never return!

So what about the race...I have never seen so many people I think they said there were about 9,000 runners and walkers. It was amazing. The beginning of the race went through California Adventure and Disneyland Theme Parks. It was really crowded and hard to run at any decent pace. I kept running into walkers. Once out of the parks and onto the streets we where able to establish a pace. Along the way where marching bands, cheer teams and others cheering us on. It was really neat to see people cheering on strangers in our quest for personal bests. By mile 8 I was feeling pretty sore. My muscles were starting to cramp. I stopped to stretch and that helped. At mile 10 I started to walk more than run. I walked almost all of mile 11 so that I would be able to run the last mile to the finish line. When I hit the finish line and saw my sister standing there cheering me on, I started to bawl. Mom was on my mind and in my heart...this race was for her!

I am so happy to have such good friends and family that came out to support me. Thanks to Nette, my sister Terri, Mel, Trish, Vinnie and Robin for being there for me! Thanks for getting up at the crack of dawn on your holiday weekend to cheer me on. It meant so much to me words can't convey the love in my heart for each of you! Thanks again.

Franny Runs - Disney Half Marathon Week!

Week 11 of running! It is my first big race this week. On Sunday I will be running in the Disney Half Marathon. I am really excited. I ran 5 miles today and run 4 tomorrow and then rest the rest of the week. This way supposedly I will be ready to run on Sunday!

I am also getting ready for the big full marathon in Phoenix in January. I am running to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! I would love for any of you reading this to help out and sponsor me!

Franny Runs Week Ten

Ten weeks into running and I just love it! In fact, when I know I will not be running the next day, I am a little sad. Like right now, tomorrow is my cross train day, so no running, I am a little bummed. I think I will try to ride my bike in the morning. If I wake up on time. I have felt a little tired lately. I think that what ever is wrong with my gut is draining me of my energy. I have an upper GI next friday to hopefully figure out what is going on.

Only 1 1/2 weeks to my first Half Marathon. I can't wait! It is going to be fun.