I Will Not Be De-'feeted' !!

Ok, so did you all see the pictures of my new athletic shoes?? Yep- those are honest –to-goodness exercise footwear. I usually wear my Mamaw tenny-shoes. You know those white canvas ones that are 5 bucks at the dollar store. You can walk on the backs of them and wear them to the mail box and out to feed the dog. Not these new super duper deluxe canvas running shoes. What brought about this vast switch in foot apparel? My beloved daughter that’s who. She drove in from Cleveland, Tennessee and announced that she was registering she and I to run a marathon. A MARATHON !!! I know- pick yourself up off the floor and quit laughing- I am the farthest thing there is from an athlete. I did point out to her that I huff and puff going up one flight of stairs. In her usual boisterous way she confidently reassured me that that was quite alright because we were going to train. TRAIN!! I suspiciously asked her what she meant. Oh, we have approximately 12 weeks to get in shape to RUN this marathon. RUN??? We are going to RUN the thing?
“Oh yes,” she said, “We are running the 5k marathon on February 28th in Chattanooga, TN . So mother we are going to the store to purchase you a good pair of running shoes and I have made us training logs and we are stopping on our way home at the gym to begin our first session today.” I fainted… No, I really didn’t but I agreed under duress. I went into the City Gym and I walked 1 mile. Yep one long mile. I know a mile isn’t much to begin with but it is the beginning of my training. So folks I will blog upon occasion of my progress or regress as the case may be.
( I told Sunny that there was a certain friend who owed me one. There was this recent dog rescue incident that she rescinded upon. So…she had better don her tenny-shoes and start her training as well )