gatormommy07
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2009
Hello, my name is Annie. I am a stay-at-home mommy to 3 kids and the wife of a fabulous hubby! I am 31 years old. I just recently (like last week) decided that after almost 14 years I want to start running again. Back then I was attempting to join the Army National Guard, so I would drive to the the armory about an hour away from my parents house every morning and run with whoever happened to be there. They were all wonderful and helped me lose about 20 pounds in preparation for shipping off to basic. We would run for about 2 hours or so,and toward the end of our few months i was there I was really good at keeping up a decent pace, I was actually sometimes at the head of the group!! Anyway, my recruiter drove me to Tampa that August and the people in charge said I was too fat to go, basically. I was 5'5" and weighed 115lbs. But because I am short, and have always had a bit of a tummy my bmi was a bit over the max amount for my height and weight. So they sent me home, I continued to run and hoped for the best. In October of that year we went back, I was still over the max bmi...by .002%. My recruiter tried to reason with them and told them that they all knew that small amount would melt off the first day at basic. They sent me home. I was heart broken. I decided I couldn't take it anymore and quit. I decided to move to Gainesville the following May, 2001. I stopped running and for the most part blocked that part of my life out of my mind. I got married, had babies and took care of my family. The motivation to get back into it was actually reading trip reports here on the Dis. about people running in the races at Disney. I guess my goal is to do a 5k at some point.
The meaning behind my title is simply the fact that I have 3 kids, and the best time for me to run looks like it will be in the early morning before they go to school, also, my name is Annie!! lol. I am not sure if anyone is going to read this, but I would love to get to know any other runners who are just starting out, or getting back into it. We can cheer each other on!!
The meaning behind my title is simply the fact that I have 3 kids, and the best time for me to run looks like it will be in the early morning before they go to school, also, my name is Annie!! lol. I am not sure if anyone is going to read this, but I would love to get to know any other runners who are just starting out, or getting back into it. We can cheer each other on!!