Now, back to the show.

It's definitely been a long time since I've posted here. Since my friend Kayla over at A Lovely Nest encouraged me to post, I thought I'd give it a shot. Looking back on my past entries, I feel pretty guilty about how motivated I was about running in the past and how honestly lazy I have been recently. While we're being honest, I have not made any long-term changes to my eating or exercise habits like I so naively and enthuastically aspired to last year.

Meanwhile, I will be running the 2012 Peachtree Road Race next week, on July 4. It will be my first 10K and I am nervous for a variety of reasons. My longest training run thus far has been a little more than 5 miles. I probably could get out and push myself to do 6, but I've been struggling with the negative self-talk that has haunted me in the past.

I'm also (unreasonably?) concerned about running in the heat. I have been trying to get out there and train around the same time of day that the race will begin, but my regular route is mostly shaded and I strongly doubt I will experience any shade on race day. What I should do is drag my butt out to a park somewhere. I really miss living closer to Swift-Cantrell Park in Kennesaw.

Finally, I have been debating over getting new shoes for a few weeks, but it's not in my budget right now. I hope that my starting-to-get-tired Asics will hold up!

Enough complaining. I need to affirm myself more and not be so critical. It is a little disheartening to realize I am still struggling with the same issues I had in the past, but it's not as if I am out of time to change my habits and attitude. I hope that I will be able to celebrate my accomplishment next week and view it as just one stop along a continued journey.