Welcome!

Welcome! I’ve decided to start a blog. Why? Well, I have been motivated and inspired by the running blogs that I read and I thought that one day, maybe I can inspire someone else. So here goes! (Are you inspired yet?).

 

I guess I should start off by talking about myself. I’ve been running for a few months and have completed a few 5ks and a 7k. I have a 10k coming up and recently signed up for a 10miler and a ½ marathon (more on all those later). I guess you can say that I have jumped completely into this “running thing” and I have to say I completely LOVE it! I used to say that I only run if I’m being chased, but not anymore! I have been “big-boned” (a nice way of saying obese) my whole life and have tried (what seems like) every diet and workout plan. I would lose weight, but then gain it and more back once I stopped following the plan. I was going to the gym 2 to 3 times a week and “watching what I ate” but didn’t see any results. When I moved this spring, there were no gyms nearby, so I was on the hunt for a new workout that I could do without a gym. At the same time, I had been looking for a eating lifestyle that I could follow long term and wanted the same thing for my workout. I looked around and noticed that there were runners at every age in races and on the trails. I figured that I would try it and found the Couch to 5k program and signed up for my 1^st 5k (Bastille Day 5k on 7/12/2012). I did the 1^st workout (run 60 seconds, walk 90 seconds) and felt like I was going to die after the 1^st 60 seconds – honestly it was only after like 15 seconds of running. But I kept with it. I mean I had already paid for the race and wanted to finish it! Day after day, week after week I followed the plan and finished the race in 45:05 and I was in hooked!

 

So here goes. These are my adventures in running!

 

 

Are you inspired yet?