Have you guessed it yet? Today, I RAN! I’ve been thinking about it lately since so many of you are enjoying it. When I first met Dan I was training for the Cherry Blossom 10-miler. At the time my office would enter the race as a team and they accepted me on their team even though I totally dragged down the average!
I used my upcoming race as a way to bond with Dan, well sorta. We were in the new relationship phase. I was also gaining more weight than I would have liked to admit. Dan was also injured at the time so my motivation to prepare for the race waned. I started freaking out as race day approached. I was at my heaviest weight ever and hadn’t trained, but I couldn’t back out because I was trying to impress my new professional athlete boyfriend.
Race morning came and I freaked out, but I still went through with it ONLY because I wanted to impress Dan. Early on in the “race” I met up with another women that was walking and she and I walked (sometimes sorta ran) the whole 10 miles. I can say that I didn’t come in last; there were at least three people behind me (I just checked and there were about 50 people behind me)! I should also note that there are over 10,000 runners in the race.
That experience was not the best. Soon after that I started my low carb diet and joined a gym where I took walks, walked on the treadmill and used the bike and elliptical. I refused to run. I had no desire to run. I hated running.
This is why it was weird when I wanted to run and I kept wanting to run. This morning we woke up super early so Dan could give a nutrition presentation to the Runner’s Edge running group, and I saw this huge group of people of all ages/sizes/speeds. Seeing that further inspired me to get off my duff and try to run.
And so I did. For 1.4 miles. Not long, not far, but I didn’t HATE it! I actually kinda enjoyed it. I went so slowly that it wasn’t painful. I want to go again. Slowly. But I want to go. I think I might try to run the entire turkey trot, even if I go so slowly. I did make Dan promise to not abandon me this time. But that’s a story for another time!
(food today-pumpkin bread, oven fries, salt and pepper chicken and mushroom risotto)
Happy Saturday!
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I have always worked out, consistently, since high school. I never enjoyed running and only ran when I had to for sports. I would rather do anything for cardio than run! About a year and a half ago I decided I wanted to try running. I had been working out and was in shape but at first I could only run for about 5min without stopping to walk for 5min then run again =) I slowly worked my way up to run a 5k [breast cancer] run and then 6 months later I ran my first 1/2 marathon!! I still can't believe I'm a "runner" now. Weird!! Keep at it =) p.s. I was thinking of doing the turkey trot but 7am??? Seriously??? We'll see!
Haha! I agree that 7am is obscene! We are doing one that starts at 9. It has prize money for dan and a 5k walk option for me. We'll see how it goes! Thanks!
I knew it!!
That's awesome Beth!!! 1.4mi is a long way to go when you haven't run in a long time -- impressive!! Definitely way more than 99% of people could do just hopping into it like that. I'm looking forward to more posts on it...and also hearing about how the photography class is going. Sounds like we'll be seeing you at the Turkey Trot so we'll catch up then =)
running makes me feel like barfing, dunno why? lol
Good for you Beth! :) Oh and tell Dan he better not ditch ya! :)
That is amazing.I love walking but I guess I should also try running a little to build my strength back.I came across your blog from the foodieblogroll and I'd love to guide our readers to your site if you won't mind.Just add your choice of foodista widget to this post and it's all set, Thanks!
Aww guys, thanks so much! It was fun and I'm looking forward to trying to run again!
I def. admire you for getting back to running! That's something I've always had a love/hate relationship with (more on the hate side, I think :) )
I never liked running either!! I always go for something like powerwalking or biking or a sport in which I can 'forget' that I'm running :)
Kudos, girly. Running scares me. Too much wobbles.
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