So decided to give up on facebook...  And the more I stay away the less appealing a return is.  I've turned 40 and want to do more with my life than sit on a computer - so of course I decided to set up a blog...

Seriously though, it's time to put Michele first and there's a few things I'd like to accomplish this year.... I want to run the Flora mini marathon 10k this year and beat my previous time of 72 minutes; I want to 'complete' a half marathon (have signed up for the Rock and Roll Dublin half marathon in August), maybe find a cure for cancer, and, time allowing, somewhat sort and organise my utility room.    

The mini marathon goal is pretty achievable - if I start training now I've loads of time, it's at the beginning of June.  
The half marathon - I don't know about this one so much.  But my hopes are high and that's half the battle, right?  I've printed out a training schedule and everything and it looks pretty straight forward.  Run 2 miles one week, increase to 3 miles the next week, then on to 4 miles - sure there's nothing to it, I'll be doing 12 miles in no time! :-)
A cure for cancer - who knows?!  Wasn't penicillin discovered through a fungus?  And lord knows what I'm going to find in the deep, dark recesses of my utility room...
Sorting and organizing my Utility Room - this is probably the hardest one of all.  Imagine Bluebeard's closet - that's like my utility room. Things go into and never come out...  So cleaning.... and sorting... and organising... and keeping it that way?  I don't know.  If you're placing bets chances are better that I'll complete the (i.e. crawl gasping with a dying breath over the finish line) half marathon in August.

Of course, along the way, I hope to lose some weight!  Not quite ready to start putting numbers out there but....  I want to lose more than what Ava currently weighs.... This subject will have to be a wait and see subject, me thinks!

Anyway, this blog is more about putting things down - if I write it I have to do it.  But of course that only works if someone actually reads it, so I don't know.  I've been talking to Bernard about these goals for the last few weeks and every single time he looks at me likes he's never heard me mention the word 'running' before.  But, of course, nothing new there!  Maybe if I send this to him in an e-mail or something he'll read it out to me - 'hey, someone with a name like yours has a blog.  She's planning to run a half marathon. You should do something like that...'....

Time will tell.