Mom on the Run--Woman of Steele

Last week, March 17 was my 4 year Runniversary!!  I can’t believe I have been a runner for 4 years!!  I have been so blessed to be able to run, not only for my health and overall fitness, but also for the ability to challenge myself and to reach goals that I never thought I could.  It’s amazing how much stronger and more motivated of a person I am because of running.   Four years ago when I stepped on my treadmill because I had hit a weight loss plateau and needed to add something else to my routine, I would have never thought I would be where I am today.  Today I have run countless 5Ks and 10Ks; a 20 K, 7 half marathons, and a full marathon!! When I started running 4 years ago, 1 mile felt like forever!! It hurt, I was out of breath, and I thought I was going to die.  It took me forever to run that mile and I never thought I would be able to run farther or get faster.  Now running a mile is nothing!  Running 5 miles feels like nothing!! ...

Well it’s been an interesting start to March.  I apologize for no blog last week.  It was a stressful week for me and didn’t have anything positive to say so I knew that would be reflected in my blog.  And that’s not how I want my blog to come across.   So let me recap what happened that first week of March.  The week started out just fine until I decided to check on the status of my license renewal through DPI.  Because I have 2 licenses; one as a teacher and one as a reading specialist, I had to renew both of them.  Well my teaching license is fine and will most likely be approved and renewed based on my teaching experience and my PDP (professional development plan).  My reading specialist license is another story.  It is not being approved right now as I didn’t complete the correct PDP as DPI classifies reading specialist as an administrative license.  I knew this, I just didn’t realize that my PDP would be any different.  I ...