So I guess I'll just start this... I've never been much of a blogger, or writer for that matter. I've been inspired to start blogging about my running adventures in hopes that it will keep me from the inevitable "quit" after a race.
I started running when I was about 12, and have run off-and-on since then. I took a couple year break after high school, met a runner, fell in love, and started running again. We got into a rut and both of us stopped running... This "quit" lasted for about 3 years. We moved to FL and I watched with jealousy as he got back into running. I watched, but refused to get out there and start... again. Finally, I decided I would run my first ever 1/2 marathon, and what better run than the WDW Half?!?! I convinced my dear friend to run with me, even tho she had never ever run before, so we started together, and it is one of my favorite memories since.
Needless to say, I "quit" after that race. I ran occasionally, but not enough to stay in my awesome runners shape. Let me back up a bit.. right before the race last Jan, Matt proposed to me.. YAY!!!!!!! We'd dated for 6 years at that point and it was about damn time! ... Fast forward... So after the race, I was still trying to not gain my "quit" weight, and was doing ok, but this is the time that I purchased my wedding dress. Now it's been a year, and I'm JUST starting to run again. I feel like I'm getting beat up.
I'm about to turn 30, I HAVE to fit back into my wedding dress, and I just really feel good and like running, so why shouldn't I? So this is here to help me be accountable to myself... any pointes, ideas, thoughts are welcome... but again, I'll warn, I'm NOT a writer.
I moved to Auburn about a week ago, and Matt and I have since really started running. We have 3, yes 3, LARGE hills by our place, and we've both taken the challenge to run the hills. My hips hurt, my butt hurts, my back hurts, but it all feels so good after I run. I'm making sure to either walk or run at least a mile every day. I'm not wanting to kill myself at first so hopefully taking it slow at first will help. So far, I've done well. I usually run a 3 mile loop. I'm making sure that i walk when I go to the grocery, and once this horrible cold weather eases up, I'll hopefully be walking to work, and then running home, up the hill.
Wish me luck!
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