1. Eric got here last night. I. AM. SO. HAPPY.
2. On Sunday, I am running my third half-marathon. Third. If you had told me, at this time last year, that I was going to run three half-marathons in the next year I’d laugh at you and be like, “are you kidding me? Do you know who you’re talking to?”
Last week I read this post on runner’s rambles and it made me start to reminisce about running, too. Before January, I hated running. Hated it. I rarely ran outside, and when I went on the treadmill I would run for five minutes tops before a) getting bored of it and walking or b) getting too tired and walking. I much preferred the elliptical or even the bike to running.
Fast-forward nine months and I honestly can’t imagine my life without running. And nine runs out of ten, I love every minute of it. I can’t wait to train for and run a full-marathon in 2010!
I’m going to leave you with a post that will really show you how far I’ve come:
21 minutes – back in January I struggled to run for 21 minutes. 21 minutes, pffft, that’s my warm-up now.
Here’s a little excerpt from that post:
21 minutes. That’s how long it took me to run two miles today. It was a long 21 minutes.
I was excited about going running today. It had been over a month since I went for my last real run. I did a few run/walk and hill intervals on the treadmill at home but I get too bored on the treadmill to run for an extended period of time. I decided I would only do two miles today, you know, too ease back into it.I walked up the hill to the TRU gym after my last class ended, purchased my month-long gym membership and headed to the indoor track. Two miles on the indoor track is 16 laps, not too bad considering I was doing 24 laps a month ago. It’s only a month right?
This was nothing like I remembered it. This was painful and hard. I was having trouble breathing and my shins hurt. Why did I think I could get into running? How could I possibly think I could run 500 miles this year?
“I’m never running again,” I thought.
Read the rest of the above post here.
Have an awesome weekend everyone and Happy Thanksgiving to fellow Canadians! I will be back with a race report and hopefully, hopefully a new half-marathon PR on Tuesday.
PS: GOOD LUCK to Morgan who is running her first marathon on Sunday in Chicago! I have been following Morgan’s blog since she started training 16 weeks ago and I’m so excited for her!!
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I remember the *third* half-m being the one where I thought – I can just Say “Yup, I run half marathons. it’s what I do!”
You’ll have a great race on Sunday! You’ve come a long way and have a lot to be proud of!
aaand happy thanksgiving / weekend with Eric!
Wow, look how far you’ve come. Congratulations. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving and long weekend with Eric. Good luck with the marathon tomorrow
“This was nothing like I remembered it. This was painful and hard. I was having trouble breathing and my shins hurt”
That is EXACTLY how I feel right now after my injury. I have moments where my body remembers how good running feels but mostly it hurts. You give me hope that I’ll get it back and maybe by this time next year I’ll be where you’re at. And Happy Thanksgiving!
Good luck to you and Morgan and everyone else with a race this weekend. It’s a big weekend for races! I know you’re ready and will rock that half!
I’ve been running for years and I felt like that YESTERDAY.
Yeah, yeah…you’re definitely a real runner now! Not a bad feeling, eh? Good luck on your 1/2! YOu’ll do great, especially with Eric there to cheer you on.
GOOD LUCK this weekend! You’ll be great. And have a blast with Eric. You deserve it =)
That’s amazing progress! Good luck on Sunday you’ll do great.
Good luck on the race!! You will rock it
have a great time with Eric and good luck on Sunday!
I wish I could love running as much as you! I feel about running how you USED to feel about running
but you really are an inspiration. your dedication is so amazing, and I’m so proud of you! three half-marathons in one year is truly incredible! so kudos to you. I know you will do just as wonderful as always in this one, and I hope you meet your goal!
have a great Canadian Thanksgiving (do you guys eat lots of Turkey, too? haha) and a fabulous weekend with Eric!
Happy Thanksgiving!! I am glad you get to celebrate with E!
And good luck w/ your 1/2. You are going to rock it. You have come so far this year and should be so proud of yourself. I vividly remember talking about how you were doing your first 1/2 when I first started reading your blog and now you are on #3 – impressive!!
Good luck with your 1/2 marathon! I can’t wait to hear how it turns out. Happy Thanksgiving and have a great weekend!
Happy Thanksgiving to you too!! Hope you have a great time with Eric
I remember when I started running I had really bad shin splints. I wanted to like running so badly, but pain was getting in my way! I’m so happy that I stuck with it
Good Luck on Sunday Amber and Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you guys have an awesome dinner:)
Good Luck Honey!!! Love You. Have fun. Extremely proud of you, but you know that.
All the best tomorrow! I’ll be saying a prayer for you!
happy thanksgiving amburger! BAHAHAHA. im hilarious.
Happy Thanksgiving from a fellow Canadian blogger! I hope you enjoy the long weekend!
You inspire me. Seriously.
I’ve kinda given up on running at the gym but I think I am going to get back into it.