I'm back!!

I just spent a week in Wyoming and loved it.  The sad part about it was there was no signal!!! None.  So I couldn't post.  Now, I'm getting ready to run 2 miles.  I'll begin the picture posting when I get back.  :)

Route 66 Half Marathon.

Soo, yesterday I ran 4 miles.  At first, I was a bit overwhelmed by the prospect but I've run farther before.  The problem was I took two weeks off of running due to an injury and have had a hard time getting back into the swing of things.  I still coach, but I suffered a bit just like my students (don't tell).  I'm pretty good at putting on a happy face though.  Anyway, yesterday I felt awesome.  It was like I was born to run.  It didn't matter that it was very hot. It didn't matter that I wasn't really hydrated well.  I still felt like I was flying.  Afterwards, I signed up for half marathon training.  I know I can do this. Lupus be damned.  I run this house not lupus!!! My goal race is the route 66 half.  After that I may do something fun like the disney half or a running cruise. Who knows? The sky is now the limit.

Happy running.

National Running day!

Today is national running day.  Its a day made to celebrate those that love to run.  That's me.  It was HOT today.  I swear I saw folks melting on the sidewalk.  But I managed to get in a 2.5 mile run with my running group.  As a coach sometimes its hard to get the new runner's to understand hot the heat can affect their bodies.  I preach hydration and the art of bringing water, but sometimes it does not get through.  Today, I saw a spark in my runner's. THEY began to understand.  I was proud.  Sigh, its almost like a mother seeing her child grow, on one hand its sad, on the its exciting.   I like being excited.

Night all.

Tattoos!

Really on one big one made of little tattoos.  Today was the day I put my stamp on lupus and running.  In folks that have lupus, the butterfly represents the common rash that most of us get.  I don't get it, but I understand it.  So all my butterflies represent that and the years I have and will have lupus.  There is no sure for this autoimmune disease.

Getting worked on. 

It hurt like nothing else, but I was a trooper. 

 The 13.1 represents the half marathon I'm preparing to run this year.  I started running about 5 years after I found out I had lupus.   I was very hard and still is some days.  Now, I coach other runners because I understand the struggle. Actually, some days I still struggle just to run a few miles.  But this year the plan is to run either the Route 66 half marathon or the Jenks half.  Either way, I've claimed it and I'm going to do it.

To others with lupus, you can do anything.  To those that don't understand why folks with lupus don't look sick, trust me we are.  Our bodies fight us daily.  We fight to stay alive because of it.  

Night all. 

All in a day's work.

Today in Spartan fashion, I went to work and did some case management.  This means, I spoke to a couple of clients on the phone and then looked at pictures.  Here is the fashion:

Now check out those high heeled gladiators.  I was ready for battle. 

Who was I gonna battle? Sigh, the dentist at 2.  I steeled myself for the visit.  Spoke to the troops and went in. 

Now my dentist is pretty good.  But he still scares the living crap out of me.  I mean who wants to see a needle headed towards the mouth? Luckily for me, today was just a cleaning.  Yay! I get these every three months.  I know, alot right.  But I had dental surgery, blah blah blah lupus blah.  See, makes total sense.  

After this adventure, I coached a hill run.  It was nice.  We were suppose to run 2 miles, but ended up running 2.37 because I really do get lost in the neighborhood.  If it was up to me, we'd never back it back to the store.   The only thing that would make this day better is if the Thunder actually wins tonight and there is another game on Friday.  

Night all!

It begins...

Where to begin? I never thought I would start a blog, why? Because who would care what I had to say.  But I guess I'm pretty interesting.  I have dreadlocks.  I am a capital defense attorney.  I have lupus. I'm a runner and a running coach.  I sit on the board of my condo association.   I'm a pet owner.  So, I figure between all these things I am, something could be interesting to someone else.  So it begins...

A little work cat picture to start it off right.