Beginning Again: Work out #1

Last night I began my journey of training for my half marathon in May. I am really late and according to the training schedule that Disney has made I should be running 9 miles, and to be honest yesterday I had a hard time completing just one. I spent 30 minutes of my treadmill and managed a distance of 1 mile at 2.5 miles per hour. It isn't anything to brag about, but I am proud to have found the motivation to begin again.
After feeling like my efforts in 2014 were a failure I have decided to do my best to push that disappointment and continue running anyway. I spent 2014 running in an attempt to improve my health and by the end of the year I was worse off than when I started. I am hoping that I will still be able to improve my condition with this exercise.

It is my goal to be at a 5 MPH pace by the time I get to my first 5k May 1st. I am participating in the Expedition Everest 5k at Disney World with a good friend of mine. I am confident the 5k won't be a problem. Even the 10k the following week should be no problem. It is the half marathon I am most concerned with, and just the follow up of doing all of these things back to back.
I have 2 months to prepare for this 21 mile weekend, I am going to need your luck!

Lets Start 2015 off right!

It’s finally happened; I am officially finished with the IV antibiotics for this round! I started IV’s on December 18^th and I finished January 16^th. It is a beautiful thing to be able to get a solid night’s sleep, and to shower regularly again. I also experienced something with my antibiotics this round that I hadn’t in the past and that is side effects. Usually when I am on IV antibiotics I am able to continue my life without much change other than my shortness of breath and coughing, but this time was different. I found that my energy level was always extremely low, and if I could I would sleep all day only to wake up for an hour or two and need a nap. It’s a really strange feeling going from feeling like you can do anything (even being sick) to feeling like you can’t get out of bed.

I was concerned about my energy level and I talked to my doctor and I was relieved when he told me that for the combination of antibiotics I was on that severe fatigue is common. My mind had wandered to the idea that I would be living the rest of my life exhausted, it’s a scary thing to face. I have only been off the medications for a day now, so I haven’t seen a real improvement on my energy levels but I am still optimistic. I am sure all I need is a few more nights of good sleep.

I am still super optimistic about the future! I am working towards some big goals to accomplish during 2015, some of those resolutions may just be happening and I can’t wait! I have two trips planned at the moment a very ambitious attempt at what is called a vacation but is going to be more of a work out than anything.  I will be traveling to Orlando Florida for the Expedition Everest run held at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park on May 2^nd. I don’t have the official dates for that trip set in stone yet, hopefully a nice relaxing week of fun. And because you can never have too much Disney I will be traveling to Disneyland May 6^th – 11^th with one of my friends to complete the Pixie Dust Challenge. The Pixie Dust challenge is a Run Disney event that includes a 10k, and a half marathon run throughout the Disneyland Resort parks. My friend and I also opted to run the 5k the day before the challenge. It’s safe to say it will be a long weekend.  I also have a half marathon schedule in March, but I haven’t even started training yet. Hopefully I will be able to start walking and running again this week. I can’t wait to get my distance back up to where it should be and start working towards my running goals again!

I am really excited to start 2015 off on a healthier note. I hope to raise my PFT’s and my weight back to a healthy level again. It’s not going to be easy, but I know I can do it!