Running

OK... So last week I decided that I, plus size Jen wants to be a runner... right!

This decision came as I searched the net on 5K's coming up in the next few months in the Baltimore area, and my Big Boss doing a triathlon... Needless to say transitioning from a walker on the treadmill to a runner didn't go so smoothly! So equipped with the app on my iPhone couch to 5K I knew I was well on my way to tackle the necessary 8- 1 minute running session... Boy was I wrong! My body began to rebel against me the second 1 minute run I began and didn't relent until I was standing still rubbing my aching shins. Man this was going to be harder than I thought... So this week I have sworn off the elliptical machine, the source of some of my thigh pain, and began to build up my endurance slower this time on the treadmill. I will not give up, I will not give in! I will be a runner and all I need is 9 weeks... :) slow and steady distance is what I am looking for not short and fast...

Reflections

I decided to give this blogging thing a try and as I began to write, I had to sit back and think on how much God changes things. At times I begin to get sad, but the good always outweighs the bad. I enjoy my life presently but sometimes long for what was familiar in the past and the comfort that it brought. Now don't get me wrong I love my life and where I am presently but I miss my family and my close friends.

It's been two and a half years since I've been a resident of Maryland and I have changed by leaps and bounds as a person.I have met a group of outgoing career minded women who help keep me active and joined a church that has been anointed by God with a Pastor who is truly on fire for God! I believe that everything good or bad happens for a reason and is His will.

Since I've moved to Maryland I have lived in 2 different counties, purchased a car and rented my first apartment by myself. God has been so good to me throughout this transitioning period in my life and hasn't failed me yet. I don't know where I would be without God my father. These are the times where I, as a woman of God will continue to grow into the woman that will make a difference in the world.

This is me Jennifer from Connecticut living in Baltimore and loving it!