The Big Climb

After birthing three children it is time to reward my body by getting back in to shape.  No crash diet or pills here, it's gym time.  To help motivate me, I signed up for The Big Climb in Seattle this Sunday.  It is a for a great cause, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and is 69 flights of stairs, 1,311 steps and 788 feet of vertical elevation.  Awesome.  Wow, did I really say this Sunday?  I feel like I should have had more time to get in shape.  I really didn't think this one through.  Must have been an affective (affective? effective? My personal lifelong grammar challenge) Brett lecture.  If you know Brett, you know that he gives awesome motivational lectures.  Lectures, not speeches.  My goal?  Make it to the top without having to be transported to the nearest hospital.

Being that this goal snuck up on me real quick, my next goal is to run a 5K.  Yes, I start small.  It might seem like a small feat for some but being that I am the most unnatural runner to possibly grace the planet, this is a huge challenge for me.  I am a book nerd so I have purchased a sweet book on how to run.  I kid you not.  It is a 12 week program that I am starting now so hopefully I will be an awesome runner by the time the 5K comes around in June.  Let's hope I don't fall off the treadmill between now and then.

Hopefully I'll update you on the Climb from the comfort of my own home on Sunday and I'll give you a training update from time-to-time because, let's face it, it will probably be hilarious.

For more information on the Climb and to support me visit:
http://www.llswa.org/site/TR/Events/BigClimb?px=1479861&pg=personal&fr_id=1160