HoW OuR JoUrNeY BeGaN

It all started with a text that I received from Chelsee...

Chelsee: Shanna do you want to start running with me in the mornings and do races/marathons?
Shanna: My first thought to myself was "HELL NO" .... But then I thought to myself it is almost swimsuit season and I do not want to spend another Summer hiding behind a coverup. I need to get involved and active.
Shanna: Yes Chelsee lets do this!

Day 1: The first morning we went running was 15-April-2010 and we started at 5:00 AM and for those whom know Chelsee and I we both are not morning people and stay up all hours of the night, so this was a struggle for us! This was a fun morning once we were up and going we ended up doing 4 laps at the track at Lone Peak Park = 4 miles, we may have done a fast walk for our fist day for most of the time, but we did it!! We were so proud and the entire time we talked about how out of shape we let ourselves get and why did we do this to ourselves? We talked about our bad habits and how life just happens.... It was at that moment that we made a promise to ourselves and to each other to change our ways! We will meet 4 times a week to run and push ourselves more and more each time and on the days we don't meet we will do some type of physical activity at home, whether it be the treadmill, walking our dogs, exercise DVD's, etc. We then decided this would all be easier if we had something we were working towards, well that is besides looking great in a swimsuit, so we decided to sign up for a 5K the "Susan Komen Race for The Cure", we will be doing this together on Saturday, May 8th. We are going to continue to sign up for the smaller 5K races until we feel that we can complete an entire marathon. We CaN Do ThIs!!! I am so thankful that Chelsee sent me that text now, without it I would still be stuck in my lazy ways! We are excited that we are doing this and can motivate each other. We are also excited that we have finally got to the point where we feel guilty if we do not exercise. This is going to be a fun journey with Chelsee and we will keep you posted on our progress, as far as weight loss and how we feel mentally and physically. This may be a long journey, but will be worth it in the end!! StAy TuNed : ) Oh I forgot to mention that because we run so early we take protection.. We have one small shiny bottle of pepper spray and one BIG furry dog Copper..... Thanks Copper!!!