So, I've been thinking about starting this blog for awhile. Outside of my husband who is the most important thing in my life, my life pretty much revolves around eating, praying and running.
To give some background, I'm Italian. I come from a somewhat small but loud Italian family. I grew up in a home where food was always fresh, dinner was always home cooked and pasta was a staple. As the only girl in an Italian family my place was often as sous chef in my mother's kitchen and while I probably hated it at the time, I know I wouldn't be the cook I am today had I not had that training at an early age. I find pleasure in cooking for my husband, I enjoy the excitement of trying a new recipe that turns out to be successful and Saturday morning trips to the farmers market is often the highlight of my week.
I am also a Christian. I was raised in a Christian home and grew up in church but my faith is so much stronger than the church I'm affiliated with or the traditions I grew up with. My faith is very real to me and very much a part of the person I am.
Lastly, I'm a runner. I did not start out as a runner I was a gymnast. I loved and still do love gymnastics with all my heart but the problem with being a gymnast is that there's a shelf life on it and at 18 my shelf life ended. I was in terrible pain and no longer had the will power to train through it. One of the saddest days of my life was the day that I walked out of the gym for the last time. I spent most of college enjoying the freedom of not training. It was a new concept for me and I think I took a little too much advantage of it. When I graduated college I faced the harsh reality that I had abused my body in just about every way possible and it was time to get myself back on track. As a person completely untrained in any organized sport I did the only thing I knew how to do, I put on a pair of shoes and started to run. It was slow and short at first but soon I was up to running a half hour or forty five minutes. In 2006 I signed up for my first race. An 8k. I had no idea if I even ran that far on a daily basis but figured I'd give it a try. It was fun, I loved being back in competition and being a part of something again. I was hooked. That year I signed up for my first marathon. The 2006 Marine Corps Marathon. I think back now to my training at that point and just shake my head. I had no idea what I was doing but I succeeded. At the end of that race I called my best friend who also ran the race and we both agreed that we would never do that again. The next day we both changed our minds. We were hooked. I have since completed seven marathons and have no intentions of stopping anytime soon.
So this blog is a blog about all three of these things. Sometimes I will post new recipes that I have tried, sometimes I'll post about ways God is challenging me and sometimes I'll just post about running. It's probably good for me to at this point be honest about the fact that I am stubborn and incredibly opinionated. I often offend people without meaning to so if I write something offensive I apologize now. At the same time you'll notice that I left one of my other passions politics off of this blog. That should hopefully keep me from getting too opinionated and offending people without meaning to. I hope you enjoy this blog and welcome any comments you might have.
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