Running

Heather Hendrick has started a trend.

If two people are a trend. I think they are.

Last night I too ran for 10 minutes.

I have never had any feelings either way about running other than looking at people running and saying "I don't think so."

But yesterday I got on the treadmill and starting running.

I didn't mean to.

It started out perfectly innocent. We did our time on the elliptical machine and Cindy Freeman said lets just try the treadmill.

We got on and started walking and all of a sudden I started going faster and then I began running. I said "Look Cindy I am running".

I was excited for about two minutes.

Then I started to hurt.

But I knew that I wanted to do it for at least 10 minutes.

Every minute I would shout out

7 more minutes...

6 more minutes...

About half way through, Cindy, who was walking on her treadmill, asked me if my calves were hurting. I told her pretty much everything from the waist down was hurting.

It wasn't pretty. I definately run like a girl and I turned pretty purple.

Then she informed me that I was sweating...you think!!!

Mark my words, she will be number three in our trend.

I was very proud of her. She said she was only going to walk for five minutes. I asked her to stand next to me so that I wouldn't stop.

She continued to walk the entire ten minutes.

Acountability partners are great!!

I told the boys that momma ran for 10 minutes.

Michael said "around the whole gym?"

Alex was not impressed...running to him is like breathing.

After the initial pain wore off and I got my breath back I felt great.

I will do it again and I will add to my time.

My goal now is thirty minutes...

and then an hour.

It will happen.

Cindy hold me accountable...