I'm Blogging, I'm Blogging.... Jeesh Man!!

Yes, so we're at 3 miles, and the 5K is this weekend!! I am nervous, excited, pumped, insert next adjective (or is it adverb) here!!!!

On June 7th we will run the Live Like Liz 5K. Check out the website at www.livelikeliz.com . Elizabeth (Liz) died at age 20 from ovarian cancer. I heard about this run from one of my co-workers. It starts and ends at Watkins Glen High School and runs along the Catherine Valley Trail. I think Michael and I should scout out the route before actually running on Sunday, but he may think that's silly. I want to be prepared. I want to do everything right to ensure I am prepared. Do we eat pasta the night before? Or is that bad now? Do we fast until after we run? Any tips would be helpful.

Also, you should know (cause that's what blogs are for, right bitches?) that I was prescribed an inhaler on Friday. So, I kinda feel like my airway is being cut off when I'm running, and the rest of my body says "Go, Go, Go!!!" By the time I'm done running, my face is so red it's almost purple. I'm beginnng to frighten my children. "Mommy, why is your face SO red?" (Hannah age 10) So conversations with my mom led me to remember that I had trouble with running in gym class as a kid and the doctor said I had "Runner's Asthma". I played sports all during middle and high school, but they did not require constant running. (I did volleyball and softball and sat the bench during basketball.) So as a kid I had trouble with running, and did not have allergies. Now, I am allergic to everything that grows, causes dust or mold, or barks, meows, or oinks. Let's just toss all that into the mix with the "Runner's Asthma" and it makes for a pretty uncomfortable run at times. I am generally ok for the first mile, then during the second mile I lose my breath.

So my nurse practitioner (who used to run) prescribed me an inhaler and I am going to use it for the first time tonight. I'll let you know how it goes.

P.S.- If you are reading this, hubby, I would like a new outfit to run in on Sunday.
P.S.S- I am broke. It would be nice if you could buy it for me. :)