Running foo'

Yesterday I went for my first outdoor run since November of 2009. It was amazing...ly hard. It felt great to be outside - just me, the pavement, my ipod, and some sunshine. In some ways, though, it felt like starting over. Two and a half miles had my lungs searing, and the extra weight on my frame made me feel like I was running in slow motion. Clearly, I have some work to do, if I'm going to keep my date with the 2011 Missoula half marathon... I stood her up last year, what with being enormously pregnant and all, and I don't want to leave her hangin' two years in a row.