{"id":184,"date":"2010-12-05T20:06:57","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T00:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=184"},"modified":"2010-12-05T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T00:06:57","slug":"officially-a-looper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/05\/officially-a-looper\/","title":{"rendered":"Officially a Looper!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So for over a year, some of my running friends have been bugging me to come run &#8220;the loop,&#8221; a running\/biking path around BWI airport. \u00a0And for no real reason, I have never gone.<\/p>\n<p>Until now!<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, I drove the 40 minutes to the loop and ran a lovely 7.6 miles, some of them with Kim and Jen, some alone (we were all running different distances). \u00a0And it was awesome! \u00a0I actually have never run with people before because I&#8217;m always so worried about my pace, but this was a blast. \u00a0I think I&#8217;m going to try to run the Disney Princess Half with some of the other Loopers, rather than run alone. \u00a0Group picture opportunities abound!<\/p>\n<p>All in all, a pretty awesome weekend.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been pretty down about my general fitness level as of late. \u00a0I ran three half marathons and achieved a bunch of goals, but sort of let my fitness fall off. \u00a0I&#8217;m still working on getting back on track, but I think I need to make a serious plan. \u00a0Get a whiteboard, write up a schedule, and stick to it. \u00a0I think I&#8217;m going to order Chalean Extreme, as it&#8217;s an intense workout that I can still do while running. \u00a0I wanted to try P90X, and I know that I can&#8217;t do that and run. \u00a0It&#8217;s going to mean some early mornings, but I think it&#8217;ll be worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So for over a year, some of my running friends have been bugging me to come run &#8220;the loop,&#8221; a running\/biking path around BWI airport. \u00a0And for no real reason, I have never gone. 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