Here Goes Nothing...

I hate running.  I've said before how I really want to love it, but I just can't seem to find that love that so many people have for it.  That being said, I've decided I want to give it a try...one more time.  There's a Superhero 5K in town in July, and that's what sparked my will to try again.  I downloaded my trusty Couch to 5K app a few weeks ago, and I told myself that this time it was going to happen.

First day of training

Lainey is also going to run in a race that morning as well.  We went out last week to train together.  I'm hoping that maybe if we start working on her costume it will get her a little more motivated, ha!

Being the psycho I am, I decided Sunday that I would try to fit my run in quick before a storm rolled in.  I've been running either at the track at the girls' future high school or the lake by our house.  The trail on our side of the lake is a little over 3 miles, so it will be perfect once I reach that "completed" portion of my training.  The trail is not great if you get halfway around it and the skies open up above you!  I got completely drenched and ended up having to have Jovan come pick me up while cowering under a bridge with the other crazies who were trying to get their runs in quick too! ;)  Thankfully I was wearing trusty ol black again though so you can't see that I looked like I had jumped fully clothed into a pool!  Oh the joys!  I will say though that I have never run so much or so fast before, HA!

I am currently in my third week of training and set to finish right before my race.  I run on my two "off" days from the gym and throw in the third day on Wednesdays since I get Kickboxing and CXWorx knocked out early enough in the morning that I am recovered and ready to run by the evening. 

I was talking with my friend today who is really crazy and likes to run those half marathons and we were discussing how running is its own beast.  I am in the best shape of my life, and it infuriates me that this running thing is not coming easier to me, but I think it is also motivating me at the same time.  Here's to staying committed and joining the rest of you crazies out there!