reel women run in the rain

ok, so the other day i shared my big dirty secret that i've started to run....there is a gal in the hood that is just so 'runners magazine' and she has rallied some women to get in training for a half marathon. she has done all kinds of documentation, mapping, water bottle purchasing.....she has our runs listed out by day and how much we need to run to get to the half marathon point.
i was not the first to commit...actually ...it wasn't until CO told me that my ass would look better than it has in a long long long time did i really think i might try it....
lets face it...there is a part of me that now thinks i have to outlive moses b/c i'm all my kids have....
but then there is this other half that thinks i really should be looking better...

there is the sweating thang...i'm still pretty hung up on that whole deal....i'm just so grossed out by it all.....

the other day after a run and then an ass kicking on the stair step machine...and then oh yeah,,,sheri...lets lift some weights...i was spitting sweat...like literally it was running down my face and when i talked it sprayed out...Ben the trainer (of course knows my aversion) just thought it was so funny that i had hit 'that spot' in my strength training.

i just keep telling him that douglas will intercede on his behalf b/c ben is able to get me to sweat and make noises that he (doug) hadn't heard in a really really really long time:):) The trainers believe that each trainee has to come up with their own individual 'grunt'. i'm working on that grunt...

so, in thanksgiving i'll toast a left over wine cooler (thanx Amy Z) to the real women that run in the rain!!