Perhaps I haven’t been inspired to blog because I have nothing going on in my life, besides this whole running thing. Five out of the six birthday gifts I received were all running related, a running hat, a fuel belt, a GPS watch, running shoes, and a little mini MP3 player to make the long runs go faster, and these are things I asked for and am thankful for, but running is pretty much just taken over my life. Training for a marathon is no joke, it makes the training plan we did last year for the half marathon seem like a breeze, and that was tough for me last year.
I’ve blogged before about my hatred towards running, so the fact that I am training for a marathon seems crazy. But you know what, now that I run more, I actually don’t hate it anymore. I realized the reason I used to hate running so much is because I didn’t do it enough. Because after 3 miles I just wanted to die. I am still not in love with running, I would much rather being doing some sort of cross fit, circuit, spinning, or tae bo class, but I love the feeling that if I have to run six or seven miles it is no big deal anymore. And if I only have to run three or four I actually do kind of enjoy it. (Running 15 - 20, that's another story, but we're taking this one day at a time ;)
Let me set the record straight, I’m referring to this all as running, but let’s face it, it’s jogging. I am not fast; my small and stout frame was not built for running. It would take a long time, a REALLY long time, for me to actually work on speeding things up, and that’s not my goal. I just want to finish at a decent pace and not have to walk too much.
I think my point is here, it just takes time to get good enough at things before you actually start finding more joy in them. That’s hard for me. I am not very patient, and generally don’t try a whole lot of new things because I am afraid I wont be good at them right away, and don’t want to embarrass myself or waste time. It is actually something I really don’t like about myself, I stay in my comfort zone way too much. So the fact that I am training for and planning on running a marathon is uncomfortable on many levels. It does help to run for a cause, like Adam and I are doing for Free Wheelchair Mission, but we still need more support, every little bit helps, so pass up that $5 salted caramel hot chocolate from Starbucks, and think about adding that $5 toward funding a wheelchair from someone who is lying in bed all day, waiting for their mobility to be restored! You can donate here!
That’s all for today – wish us luck – we still have some really long runs to get through. Thanks for the support
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