First 10k..

I should have blogged about it at the beginning of the week… but, clearly, I am not the most diligent blogger of the group, (Although, I do read everyone else’s stuff all the time).

Anyways… I had the lovely opportunity to do the Fort 4 Fitness 10K on Saturday. It was the first 10k I have ever done, and I know it is not going to be the last! It was such a joy to do it with my sisters.

When I first started to try and “run” I didn’t do it because I loved, in fact, I didn’t even like it… It made me sore and tired, and out of breath and often annoyed that I was still moving when I didn’t want to be. What kept me going was that my sisters and I decided to do it together, and that I wanted to prove I could do it. Honestly, I was not as diligent about it as I should have been, if I really didn’t feel like running, I didn’t… and then BMSW came along and things started to change. I knew I had to stick with it, even when I felt lazy or tired, I knew how much I would regret it if I didn’t. I mean what’s the point of committing to something if you don’t go all in?

One of my personal goals in running was that one day I would actually enjoy it, (something I figured might take a very looonngg time, since running normally made me slightly cranky). I mean I enjoyed aspects of it… like when it was done, or when I finished a 5k for the first time, or when I knew I had pushed and was able to do more than I previously could. Those were all great feelings!! It was the running itself that was still horrible, and made me bored real fast… but that has been changing. The last few weeks of training for the 10k I started to actually enjoy the act of running! During and after the race was one of the coolest feelings! I don’t even know how to adequately describe it. Either way, I can’t wait for the Trailblazer to see how much I can improve on what I have already done!!

 I know that it may not always be the case that I will like to run, but I am happy with the progress and knowing that I can really do it, and sometimes actually like it!