Gonna get Dirty

I've made some pretty big physical changes over the past year and a half. Losing about 30+ lbs for one. Training and running my first half marathon. Breaking out of my comfort zone and just giving my all to have some healthy fun. So when a girlfriend of mine suggested we do a mud run.... I "jumped" in full force.
In order to prep, I need to get some upper body strength. It has always been a major weekness of mine and a strong desire to have "pipes".....

Kinda like these (do you know how hard it was to find a "clean" arm picture?)
I've since started boxing and I love it. It is awesome to feel my arms getting used and I'm having fun learning a bit of safety too.
To help piggy back that and use some muscles that haven't been used and also began Power Yoga (often called weight loss Yoga). What I love here is there is a strong focus on using your own body weight to strenghten and lengthen the body and the "meditation" part of yoga is for the most not.
Add in my 3 mile runs and things will come together nicely. I am also signed up for the Niagara Falls International Marathon which is in Oct0ber and I'll start back into more of a regular short long run schedule about mid August.
Let the games begin..........And stay tuned to the updates