Fit with Ruthie

I feel like I have wasted so much time. Winter always does it to me it seems... if its not the cold here its the stupid wind.... I miss running outside on warm early mornings when the stars are still out. I miss looking forward to running, laying out my clothes the night before and heading out the door when everyone else is still asleep. I miss my alone time. It seems like every year I just squeak by in Jan and Feb.... I dream of warm weather and no wind. Nice long runs when all is caught up at the house and I have no reason to rush back. Truth is life is just busy busy. Homeschooling 3 kids, coaching, teaching fitness class and teaching at a homeschool coop makes a girl busy and working to squeeze in the much needed run. So I come here ready to refocus ... planning on doing my 13.1 this coming Saturday and determined to make March a wonderful running month for me. In the summer/fall I run 6 days a week... in the past 2 months i manage to squeeze in only 2 or 3 days. I will head ...

I want my extra fridge to look like THIS again! ... it takes work and planning... not good at planning. Over the years I have overcome my addictions to Cokes, Sweets, Crackers, Ice Cream... the list goes on.... Over the years I have transitioned slowly from LOVING bad foods to LOVING good foods.  I tried going cold turkey so many times... but it wasnt until I picked ONE food and replaced it with a healthy substitute ... Some foods took weeks to not crave anymore... some foods took months.... but I never moved on to another food until I conquered my addiction to the first. So, over the past year I have been trying to live gluten free. I have experienced what life is like as a raw vegan, what life is like on the SAD diet, and what life is like gluten free. I have swung back and forth over the past year from living for weeks as a Raw Vegan, to days living as a SAD foodest, to being Cooked Vegan and then back to eating Gluten again..... A few weeks ago I went Raw Vegan again and ...

When I finished my half this past Saturday I was updating my side bar and noticed I never did write about the LAST half (in Dec).... I have just been too busy to post here... too busy running, instructing phase 1 class,  cleaning, educating, cooking.. going places... So I am determined today to sit and write just a bit about those two runs. First... Decembers run was HORRIBLE! I ate gluten (the dreaded beast) the day before (when I had decided NOT to run the next day).. and then changed my mind.. ... I managed to complete the half after multiple potty stops and it was NO fun at all. 4 hours later... i was done. I was awful and I thought why did I decide to do this 13 halfs in 13 month. But later.... I was happy I did it. Glad I finished no matter what my tummy said. December wasnt a fun month running wise. The month I dropped the can on pineapple on my toe and broke it. I didnt run more than I did run... So when I decided to go ahead and do the half in December I had to be OK w...