Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Running on the brain....

I have an itch that will not go away.  Ever since my last post about it being 2 years since my half marathon I can not stop thinking about doing another one.  Hubby says I need to stick to a 10K but I don't know.......  I agree I need to start small. Start singing up for 5K's and 10K's again and see how it goes.  I promise I really don't like running! So why do I keep on coming back to it?


I enjoy the feeling of accomplishment when I finish a race. I enjoy a good runners high. But for me none of this happens during the process only after I am done running. Granted during my half marathon the parts that were in the part to start with were AMAZING!!  I actually enjoyed that run.  And I guess maybe that should be my goal.  I need running to be fun. Like the first Warrior Dash that started this whole thing. That was slow but so fun! I want to be able to go do a 5K and not worry about feeling like I am going to die. Heck I would really like to be able to run at a nice slow pace a whole 5K.  I've always been a walk run person.  

But I am also into my weight training with the 21 Day fix. Man do I love lifting!  But even though lifting gives me a great feeling of accomplishment right away it isn't quite the same and finishing a race.  Dare I say I've been looking at races and I've almost registered for a few but always back out.  I want to do another race at Disney SO BAD!! Chad said he will run 10K's with me but not a half. and I am like well if I am running the 10K one day and do the half the next then we get more medals. LOL!!

I am thinking I will start very small with runDisney's Virtual Running Shorts for this summer. It comes with 4 medals if I do all 3 5K's one in each month (June, July and August) I can do them on my own at my own pace and even on my treadmill if I need to.  My goal will be to get faster with each one.  I am decided this is my plan! It will be an easy way to ease back in to running and give me a goal for each month. I have to submit my info to them before they will send me my finishers medal each month. 

So there you have it, I guess I am going to start running again. *GULP*

2 comments:

  1. I'll do the running shorts with you!

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    1. Sounds like a plan! I am registering tomorrow on payday for all 3 of them!

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