Running

I never thought I would be into running. In fact I told myself you don't need to run you will just hurt your body and get angry at the expectation I will hold over my head to be the best, fastest, and well, the best . Well, that is not the case. I started with the couch to 5K podcast that helped me focus on my body and reaching little goals. I did it and was quite impressed with myself. The best part (the part that I needed to learn) was slow and steady, not to fast, and take care of your body. Nine weeks later I was running a 5K and wanted to do more. I am now training for a 10K and I love the training. Randy and I are doing a relay half marathon in a few months and I am up to four miles staying around a 10min pace. I am so proud of myself and how my body feels. I love the support from Randy. He is proud of me too. It is so nice we can both concentrate on fitness together and work together to meet our goals. I have a four and a half mile run on Sat and look forward to it. I get to rerun a course that kicked my booty. I went running with some friends and it was tough. I had Mason and Maryn with me so I was running with 85+lbs up a tough hill for a mile. I was angry and not enjoying myself, but I did run the whole way. I'm proud of that. So, my next run will be doing that course again without kiddos, and by myself. I think I do better by myself. I like doing it by myself. I like just to think about me and my time and not worry about those I am with.