Oft times while I am running, I ponder either what I ate that I am now repenting of, or what I get to eat after accomplishing the run.
That didn't sound as pathetic until I typed it out.
I gotta be me.
- I weighed 165 pounds when I was 13 or 14. Chubs, in a major way.
- I got down to 140ish through counting calories slash not eating hot pockets for after school snacks.(I'm 5'7"! I have hips! I'm never going to weigh 115! Don't hate.)
- I got tired of dieting all of the time, and decided to take up some sort of exercise.
- I've always hated running, but decided it was an activity of skinny people, so I should probably take it up.
- I ran to the end of our street and had to stop and catch my breath.
- I kept running and trying and complaining and sweating.
- I cried from happiness the day I ran an entire mile without stopping.
- Ever since that first time that I ran a mile, I've been scared of returning to the state where I couldn't run a mile.
- So I keep running.
- I trained for a half marathon last spring. I was all ready: I trained, I bought new shoes, I ran my 10 mile run, and then I chickened out. The altitude in Utah was killer, and I was scared to run it all by my onesie! I'm still mad at myself to being such a wimp.
- I'm in charge of the half marathon training group on base, but I can't run the base half marathon, because I'm in charge of the dang thing.
- The idea of training for, but not running, 2 different half marathons made me angry.
- I impulsively and possibly a bit foolishly registered for the Rock N Roll Half Marathon this week and ran 10 miles today in preparation. It was fun and not too bad, and I'm not even sore! That is a statement that I never thought I would make in my entire life.
- Word.
Wish me luck! Especially that I don't have any bathroom emergencies during the race (always happens to me).
I feel so special that you posted the photo that made me think of you today :) And good on you for running the half. Maybe some day I can do a half. I'm just focusing on getting my knee to agree with running longer distances. I have to start out small. I don't get tired from running; my knee starts hurting. So I stop because the knee hurts. I have to slowly build up to running longer distances. I think it'd be fun to do a ragnar some day with my buddies. Don't you think? Running with breaks in between? Tag teaming with friends? Sounds much cooler than 26.2 miles by yourself sans breaks. :)
ReplyDeleteyou make me feel gross. because not only do i not weigh anything close to 140 {i wish}, i cannot run one mile. i cannot run, i look pathetic. i say that my exercise is chasing after zak/using him as a weight lifting him above my head. haha i'm pathetic.
ReplyDeleteyou on the other hand are awesome. regardless of why you run.
Good luck this weekend! I'm so proud of you. :) You are definitely my running inspiration and I am working towards a half marathon (5K down! Check!)
ReplyDeleteAmy we need to swap running stories! I've started running semi-recently, but I've never been able to run a mile non-stop without stopping and walking in between, until this last week! I actually ran 1.5 miles (on a treadmill) without taking breaks. My roommate told me to try to run a mile without stopping and so I did plus some! Some day I really want to run a half marathon and if I like that I want to do a marathon.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck on your half this weekend, and let me know how it goes!