A side affect of running

I started out this whole half marathon and marathon goal as simply that, a goal. I've wanted to run a marathon for a few years now. Don't ask me why, it just sounded like an amazing thing that people do, and I wanted to see if I could do it too. I've never been particularly 'sporty'. Sure I played softball growing up, hockey for a year and ride my bike a lot, but I have never excelled in any sport or really set any sport or fitness goals.

The timing just seemed right to do these races, I had an okay fitness base due to all the bicycling I do, however I knew that if I wanted to run these races and not seriously hurt myself I'd have to kick it up a few dozen notches and run at least 4 times a week. So I did. And guess what happened. I started to develop defined muscles in my legs. Crazy, I've never had that before. I have also lost about 15 pounds since January. Crazy again, because I didn't start this as a weight loose goal, it just happened.

With all that said, I feel great! And I am only 8 pounds heavier than when I got pregnant. Sure it has taken me 6.5 years to get back to that point, but whose counting? For me, it's more about being healthy than a number on the scale.