It's been WAY too long!

Wow! The new year is just around the corner. Can you believe it? I love this time of year because it has us all looking back on the previous year and trying to find ways to make the next year even better! I am also coming up on the 1 year anniversary of my first blog post! It's amazing how time flies!

So I haven't posted in quite a while. Sorry about that. Things got a bit nuts! My hubby and I ran the Las Vegas Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon on November 17^th. It was the first half my hubby has ran and my 2^nd. It was a TON of fun! If you haven't heard of that race before you run the Las Vegas Strip at night. The race started about 4:30pm on the south end of the strip. You run all the way up towards Fremont Street then head south again down the strip and finish around the Monte Carlo Hotel. I was really happy with my race time. I managed to finish in 2:32:33! My goal was under 2:30 but still I'll take it! That's 8 minutes faster than my first half. I know it's slow progress but any progress is progress!

While training for this last race I have been dealing with some hip pain that was really exaggerated from the half marathon race. I decided to take a bit of time off after the race to just let my body heal. I went to my weekly run group workout on the 2^nd of December and almost couldn't handle the pain as I walked off the track that night after about 2 miles of interval running. I decided that I needed to seek out some help to get this fixed! I visited a Chiropractor a handful of times since then and am happy to say that I feel like I'm on the mend!

The month of December was a bit nuts for me. The hubby and I were traveling almost every weekend including a plane ride to Lake Tahoe for my sister's wedding the weekend before Christmas.

The lack of normal schedule and being sidelined by an injury really caused a slide for me. My eating habits really went out the window. I've consumed way more sugar and beer in the last month or so than probably the whole year put together! NOT GOOD!

I've decided that today is a new day and no better time like the present to get back on track! Today started out with a 5am workout in my garage (Les Mils Pump and Burn) and a Shakeology shake right after! I'm going to continue this routine of 5am every weekday from here on out. If there is an excuse to get out of working out, it seems like I've been able to find it lately, thus the 5am workout. Get up, roll out of bed, get dressed and workout. No time for excuses. The hubby has also promised to help me get my behind out of bed! (I really HATE mornings). This is just one piece of my New Year's resolutions. I'll post more soon! Stay tuned!