Runner?

I've never been big on exercise.  I know..terrible habit and bad example for my girls.  Lately, however, with all the stress in my life and health issues I realized how much I need an outlet.  I did have a time in my life (prior to marriage and children) where I went to the gym every morning before work.  It was the best I felt in my life.  I lost weight but overall felt really good about myself.  Since kids...it's been a bit harder.

So..yesterday I did a workout with my 4 year old.  I loved it!  Although I couldn't do a lot of the workout due to hurting wrists, I felt like I was setting a great example for her.  Today..on my lunch break, I took advantage of the free gym in my office building and I went down and hopped on the elipical for 25 minutes and ran 1.3 miles.  Not much, but considering how out of shape I am..I'll say that wasn't bad.  (I'll admit that I am very self consious about exercising in front of people and may or may not have cut my running short by 5 minutes due to two people chatting it up in the gym)

I also found out from my blog friend Kelly at Laugh Out Loud that if you download the runBsx app on your phone, they will dontate $10 if you run 26.2 miles by May 17th.  So..after I ran my 1.3 miles, I downloaded the app and my goal is to raise $10 for someone.  It's not a lot of money, but it  may be just the motivation that I need to get myself moving.

Happy Running!!!