The Marathon of Mama Runs a Marathon

Like most new moms, when I'm not working I spend nearly 100% of my time changing diapers, feeding my Little Man, cuddling with him, trying to catch up on laundry and housework. Pretty much the only time when I'm not doing all of that is when I'm running.

I started running the day that I was releases by my doctor (6 weeks after Little Man's birth). I started out running with my mom using the C25K program (which I highly recommend). The running started as an effort to lose some of my pregnancy weight and with the goal of running one of the holiday fun 5k runs. We actually ran two 5ks in the time that we trained. - a Turkey Trot and a Jingle Jog. At the beginning of our 9 week training I hated running and barely got through each session, but after reading Born to Run by Christopher McDougall I really came to enjoy running.

After the Jingle Jog the holidays caught up with me and I've been on an almost 2 month running sabbatical but now I'm ready to get back on the horse!

I have 3 goals for running this year:
1.) Compete against my husband at a 5k in April. (We made a friendly bet that winner will get to purchase a nice shiny present for themselves from our money).

2.) Race with my mom in the Utica Boilermaker.

3.) To finish a marathon. Or a half-marathon. I haven't quite decided which one. I would really like to shoot for the marathon but I'm just not certain that I can commit to the training for 26.2 miles and being completely devoted to my son at the same time.

So there you have it - that's where the marathon business comes into play for me. Any thoughts out there? Should I give the full a try or shoot for the half?

Welcome

Hi everyone! (or probably no one). You've stumbled upon my little blog "Mama Runs a Marathon". Here I'm hoping to share little tid-bits of my everyday life - as a new mommy, as a teacher and as a wanna-be runner.

The title that I chose refers to my life in two ways. Number 1 - since my son was born in the summer of 2010 I feel like I'm running a never-ending marathon (I think...I wouldn't know because I have never actually done it) against my laundry, dirty floors...everything. Number 2 - I actually want to run a marathon (but more on that later).

So to get started - let's get to know one another. Post a question for me in the comments section and I'll do my best to answer it for you.