Such a sad day.

A good friend of mine had a daughter the same age as Trent pass away suddenly last night. I don't even know how to express my feelings into words. My heart just dropped when I heard. Why would such a precious child be taken away? I can't even begin to imagine how I would feel. I don't even know what I can do for her.

Running

I used to be able to run in college when I played soccer. That's the closest I've ever been to a runner. I would run everyday at practice, 6 days a week for about 2 miles. Well for a while now I've been trying to get the baby weight off and I've been stuck now for about 2 months at the same weight. So yesterday, I started cutting out sweets. Apparently, I've been eating more than I thought... just a bite here and there sure adds up. Well what does this have to do with running? I have been running for 6 weeks now, doing the couch to 5k running schedule. =) When I say running you must first consider that the first 2 weeks I barely ran at all (it took me 3 weeks to complete week 1 consistently). Actually, the first week I ran about 1 minute for the 30 minutes I walked on the treadmill. Now I'm up to running 3 minutes, walk, run 5 minutes, walk, run 3 minutes, walk, run 5 minutes. And, I'm doing it well! My body is adjusting and I feel the urge to go running on my days off. Yay! This week will be my first week with a solid 20 minute run with no stopping. I'm excited. By the end of April I should be running 30 minutes 3-4 days a week :) Let's hope the weight starts coming off... Right now the whole workout only burns about 200 calories. My goal is just to consistently run 3-4 days a week and possibly train for a half marathon next year. My other goal is to weigh in the 140s this summer (which is about 20 pounds less than I do now).