My Newest Adventure
I have always loved running, from the time I was small. In junior high and
high school it was fun. But I never did more than track in high school for fun.
I am competitive, but also very stubborn so it was never MY thing because other
people wanted me to do it. I know. Hindsight is always 20/20.
I started running for myself the summer of 2012 and ran my first 10k. It was fun, exhilarating, in fact. But life changed, the season changed, I got pregnant with Taivan and running fell by the wayside.
Since we have moved to Georgia, I have felt the pull. I have needed more time just for myself since I am homeschooling my kids. And the weather is so much more conducive to running year-round outside here. But getting the motivation to start something that requires more time and effort is difficult in an already busy life. So it hasn’t been until after Martin Luther King Jr. Day that I felt the true motivation to go running. What happened on that day? I was drying off after a shower and I pulled or tweaked a muscle in my back and was in pain for days. I felt old and completely out of shape. Waning even. I may be getting older, but I did not and do not want my freedom to be taken away because of my laziness. It also helped that my favorite food blogger Mel from Mel’s Kitchen Café has been posting about her journey on the way to running her first half-marathon. It seemed like there was a voice whispering "Run!" into my ear and it was kind of hard to ignore. So as soon as I felt good enough, I hit the streets with my dog Millie. And last night I signed up for my first half-marathon on the 4th of July. I am a little nervous and training as best I can for something I have never come close to doing before. The 4th of July seems like the perfect day to celebrate my freedom to run.
I started running for myself the summer of 2012 and ran my first 10k. It was fun, exhilarating, in fact. But life changed, the season changed, I got pregnant with Taivan and running fell by the wayside.
Since we have moved to Georgia, I have felt the pull. I have needed more time just for myself since I am homeschooling my kids. And the weather is so much more conducive to running year-round outside here. But getting the motivation to start something that requires more time and effort is difficult in an already busy life. So it hasn’t been until after Martin Luther King Jr. Day that I felt the true motivation to go running. What happened on that day? I was drying off after a shower and I pulled or tweaked a muscle in my back and was in pain for days. I felt old and completely out of shape. Waning even. I may be getting older, but I did not and do not want my freedom to be taken away because of my laziness. It also helped that my favorite food blogger Mel from Mel’s Kitchen Café has been posting about her journey on the way to running her first half-marathon. It seemed like there was a voice whispering "Run!" into my ear and it was kind of hard to ignore. So as soon as I felt good enough, I hit the streets with my dog Millie. And last night I signed up for my first half-marathon on the 4th of July. I am a little nervous and training as best I can for something I have never come close to doing before. The 4th of July seems like the perfect day to celebrate my freedom to run.
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