I finished my first half-marathon last week. The time wasn't impressive (2:47) but I did it and had a blast doing it. I'm planning my second one in December.

During the last month of training, I was sick of running and had decided that after this was over, the furthest distance I would ever run would be a 5k. The training was grueling and something new hurt every time I ran. I was pretty grumpy actually and couldn't wait to get it over with.

I took last week off to recover and was quite surprised by how much I missed my runs. I have a sedentary job that has been very stressful lately. I found that the stress really got to me more this week than usual and by Thursday and Friday, I was short-tempered, edgy and had a pissy attitude--which is quite uncharacteristic for me; I'm usually the one that looks on the bright side and let's things roll off my back. I'm convinced it was because I wasn't running. I had no outlet to release my stress and I needed my fix.

Who would've thought? Do I need an intervention? I think I'm addicted!!