It's a race to the race.

It's official. I'm now a registered participant of a 4km run that's happening at the beginning of November.   So now's the hard part.  Somehow, somewhere, I have to go from THIS.....

 

to THIS...

 

....in just over a month.  

Let's be honest...I will never look like the above skinny minnie with picture perfect arms and abs.  (She obviously hasn't had children in the past 3 months or ever).  But if I could get somewhere in between the potato and her, that would be nice.

Maybe some of you remember that I did this run last year and really enjoyed it.  It was mighty difficult for a novice runner like myself.  I thought my lungs had collapsed and could feel my pulse beating in my temples for hours after, but once that stopped, I felt fantastic.  My training regime then was pretty pitiful, I didn't even put on my runners a month leading up to the race, but I feel like this time I'm even further behind schedule.  I just had a baby!!  The most running I've done in last year has been from my small apartment living room to the nearby microwave in the kitchen when I thought the popcorn was going to burn.   It's bad guys.

So the questions are now: When am I going to run?  Where am I going to run?  Is it going to be light enough outside or have lighting to keep me safe from the pervs?  and How the heck am I going to find the energy to do it when I'm up every 2-3 hours in the night and can't nap during the day.

I think I'm going to have to be creative with this one.  Maybe running on the spot in my living room....