Getting Started!

Today I'm starting my own blog!  Some of my children have blogs that I adore following.  Because of their encouragement, I've decided to do the same.  So here goes!  I'm 63 years old and I love to run.  I've been running now for over forty years.  Distance running is my thing, definitely no sprinting!  I think if I hadn't been running all these years I would have most likely been one of those crazy ladies that you see in big cities, like NYC.  You know the ones  I'm talking about . . . scraggily hair, dressed in a moo-moo, barefoot and sitting on a stoop under a canopy waving a newspaper and ranting:  "The world's coming to an end!"  So, in a way, running saved my life.  When I run, I feel exhilarated.  I feel motivated to do better.  I feel I have more energy.  I feel happier and stronger.  As each year passes I grow more in love with running.  I set new goals for myself.  I've run in alot of races - some big ones and some small ones.  My favorite race is definitely the marathons that I've run.  You see me here in the latest I just ran in September - Whitefish Two-Bear Marathon.  Believe me, it was the toughest one yet.  Mostly uphill on narrow trails and river beds - almost 17 miles worth of uphill trails.  That seemed like the longest 26.2 miles I've ever run.  So glad to see the finish line!  I've run alot of half marathons and many, many 10k races.  So far the only marathons I have run are:  Big Sur (California, along the Pacific Coast highway - amazing!); Missoula (Montana) and as I mentioned earlier, Whitefish Two-Bear (Montana - Big Mountain).  Of course I have many other things that make me happy, but I'll blog about those another time.  Anyone else out there love to run?