Gear it up!

So, last week I DID run. I just didn't run as much as I should have. Or even have time to write about it. Because work was just over the top this past week. And I've been slowly getting sick. Doesn't the universe know that I'm training to get a medal and a free shirt over here?

Last Sunday I had a headache and was pretty sure the only thing I was going to run would be a fever. In spite of it all, I made it out for a two mile run. And since then my health has been slowly degrading with a dull headache most days, congestion, a lack of sleep, and too much work. I've made it out a few times, but my training has definitely suffered. I'm going to try to rest up this weekend and get back on track. I've got 17 weeks until the big day.

This weekend will be the great shoe adventure. I need new shoes. Because the ones I have are older and they have vomit and possum guts on them. I think if I'm really going to do this I need shoes that don't have roadkill on them. (See, last week I accidentally ran through what was once a possum. Which was worse than running through my own vomit.)

In addition to shoes, I think I need a new sports bra (read: boob jail). With a girl like *me*, a sports bra is actually MORE important than my shoes. I can run barefoot. I mean, people do that in other parts of the world. However, there is NO running without a very expensive, steel-reinforced sports bra that takes a good ten minutes to fasten myself into.

I'm also getting ready to pay my exorbitant registration fee. It's the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll half-marathon on June 2nd. Sign up. Do it with me. And yes: we have to PAY to do this. But we get a shirt. And a medal. Totally worth it.

With this being the weekend of gear and spending I think it is safe to say shit is getting real. This is an investment. No backing out. Seventeen weeks of sweat, vomit, and who knows what else.

Today is a two-mile run. Tomorrow is a three. I'm playing catch up. Stay tuned.