Tomorrow is the longest race I have signed up for. It's an 8k, which translates to 4.975 miles. So, basically 5 miles. I thought I would take this glorious milestone and start a blog. Woo hoo!
I started running a few years ago. I signed up for a women's running clinic in town. It was totally out of character for me as I usually don't do things unless someone I know is also doing it. I have issues. I enjoyed it. Kind of. The culmination of this 10 week clinic is a 5K with women from all over the state participating. I did the 5K in 34 minutes and some odd seconds. Didn't really keep up with running much after it ended. Signed up the next year and met some really great running buddies. Knocked two minutes off my 5K time. The great running buddies and I kept up the running through the summer. Yay us! Signed up for the clinic again this year. My goal was to come in at the 5K under 30 minutes. I didn't care if it was 29:59, as long as it was under 30. Ran it in 28:40. Dadgum, me!
So, now I'm kind of hooked. Last night I went out for a run with a group of local runners and had one of my better runs. I kept up with the gals I was running with and I didn't feel like I was going to die. It was pretty darn awesome. I want to run more. I'm even contemplating getting up and running at 5 A.M. some mornings. Gasp! The horror! Me, the gal who loves sleep more than anything, thinking of cutting that sleep short to run? WTF, people? What's happened to me? Haha!
Going to get some new running shorts this evening to wear to the race. I love new running stuff!
Wish me luck! I will report back tomorrow after the race. Hey, it'll be a PR! Haha!
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