In April my friend Lindsey convinced me and our other friend Alicia to sign up for a half marathon. I have never been a runner, the longest I've ever run is about 3 miles, and that was before Jack was born. But I've been trying to get in shape and I thought that signing up would get me motivated to continue to work out through the summer. I've enjoyed running, especially because I have a couple of friends who make good company, but I dreaded my long runs. 3-4 miles is nice, but any longer is pretty miserable. The longest I've run up until today was 9 miles.I felt good for the first 9 miles, but after that I was about done. Most of the course was on a dirt trail, which was really hard on my feet and ankles. I was making pretty good time up until then. I thought I'd finish under 2 1/2 hours, but then I had to walk most of the last 3 miles. I got to the 13 mile mark and was like, WTF-why aren't I done? I guess a half is 13.2 miles, so I sprinted the rest of the way across the finish line. I finished in 2 hrs 45 mins, which isn't great but it was under my 3 hour goal.
I think I'd do another one eventually, but the training is time consuming. I'd rather switch up my workouts so I'm not just running 4x a week, Erik & I are going to start P90x.
I'm proud of my accomplishment, not everyone can say they've run 13 miles. I just wish the running took care of my muffin top : )
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I wish the running took care of my saddle bags... but hey I do feel aerobically in shape- it feels good!
Again, you did awesome, thanks for doing it with me. I couldn't have done it without you!
Holy crap, girl. I have never ran 1 mile. Nicely done.
Good job! That is awesome and hey that is pretty good time! I was the same way the last 3 miles suck~ way to go and now you can you've done a half marathon, great accomplishment!!
Way to go! That's funny, I started Insanity(by the same people as P90x) 2 weeks ago. It kicks butt. Let me know how you like p90x.
Skye great job! I almost signed up for park city but instead i'm coming to utah next week to run in logan.I'm excited. So good work!Running is hard but worth it!Hope you guys are doing well.My little damian just turned 2 yesterday! Life moves to fast!And I'm prego with our third but don't tell! We haven't told our family yet! See ya.
Way to go!! That's awesome!! One day I'll get my butt into gear and get back into running!
That is fantastic. I'm not a runner and I totally give props to people who do any sort of marathon. I've decided the only way to get rid of my muffin top would to be something really insane like surgery or sutting out carbs. Just don't think I can do it.
Thanks for all the nice comments. I'm usually a pretty lazy person; I like my books and my shows, so it was a big accomplishment for me.
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