After we got married in 2007, I decided to do something I had only casually flirted with before: run. I’d done a few 5ks here and there, but I wanted a challenge. I wanted to have a goal and just go for it. I wanted to be a runner.
Me, after my first half marathon!
I don’t have the body for the runner, but I was convinced if I had something to train for, I could get the mind of a runner – focused, energetic, passionate.
I started a blog and I began with the Couch to 5k program before graduating to a real-life half marathon training plan. I was doing it. I was registered to run 13.1 miles.
I felt awesome. I felt like a new person- the kind of person that can set her eyes on a goal and grab it.
I went on to run the Broad Street Run only a week later, and then took some time off… then I got pregnant and stopped running all together.
So, here I am, wanting the same goals and I have my eyes set on the Lehigh Valley Half Marathon on April 25. It will be 3 days after Bea’s fist birthday, and it will be amazing.
So, I’m committed. I’m in. And, if you’ve got some extra encouragement, or feel like listening to me whine about how hard it is, and how much it sucks, and how great it all feels at the same time… come on over.
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Go you! You can do it…and you’ll be the most fabulous runner in the race.
I? Am still working toward a lousy 5K.
I’m gearing up for a 5K soon….You gotta run 3 before you run 13!
Awesome! You are so much like myself in your story, and trust me…if I did it, you can do it! You are already doing a great job!
I just want to cross the finish line… Preferably in under 2 hours!
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