It all starts here...

About 4 years ago I started running. I wanted to lose weight and get healthy. I did! I completed 17 5K's and lost over 80 pounds. Then life took over. I had my second beautiful baby. My marriage fell apart. Spent months going through a divorce. I started planning more races than I ran which limited my training time. During all this I put back on much of the weight I worked so hard to lose. Now I'm making a comeback! I have decided to run my first mini marathon. I have support and encouragement from some GREAT people in my life. One of these ladies I met through a race I'm planning. She works with an organization called Supporting Heroes, Inc. This great organization provides financial and peer support for the families of police/firefighters/EMT's killed in the line of duty. She suggested I try the Indy 500 Mini Marathon. She and I have decided to run it together and pull together a team. We are running in honor of fallen first responders and taking up donations for Supporting Heroes. I decided to blog this experience along the way. Thanks for the push Lanett, this will be a life changing event!!