Hey! I just signed up for my first 5K this morning. How exciting, right? Except...I can't actually run a 5K. I'm really not a runner. Really. I'm not one of those people that say, "Oh, I'm really not a runner", and the fact is they just did a 5K last week and finished in 23 minutes. And, that was after they ran a half marathon the week before. No. I'm really. not. a. runner.
Put it this way, in high school I joined the Track and Field team (because I wanted the jacket). I signed up for cross country. Don't ask me why, because I have no earthly idea. After the first practice the coach took me aside and suggested that perhaps the 100m sprint would be more my speed. Or, rather, more my distance. So I did my little 100 and I do believe I came in 5th. Of 6. After that I switched to cycling.
I can cycle until the cows come home (well...that is relative, too. I have a friend who just rode her bike for 24 hours straight. No, I'm not kidding. I think she covered the distance of roughly "to the moon and back"), but there has always been that whole "I can't run" thing stuck in the back of my mind bugging the crap out of me. I don't really like to be told what I can and can not do, I guess. Even by myself.
Enter Chi Running, Newton Shoes, Cathy Zielske, and a winter spent on my treadmill in the basement and...well...long story short...I still can't run. Much. But, I now have this crazy, "I can run" thing stuck in my head and, for some unearthly reason, don't ask me why, I now think I can run a 5K in 2 months.
So, why not start a blog to document the train wreck process, right? That's what I thought. Now you can come along with me on my journey as I learn to Run Like a Mother! Enjoy the thrills as I eek past that dreaded 3.0K mark (that is like some huge flippin' road block to me right now). Soak up the knowledge as I drone on endlessly about my Newton shoes (which are so incredibly cute I don't honestly care very much if they help). Bask in my glow as I drip sweat on my keyboard.
And, maybe, just maybe, you'll decide to become my friend on Nike Running and challenge me to a game of Tag!
Oh, it's going to be great.
damn, those shoes ARE sweet! I blogged about my c25k thing a few years ago when I started up. If you go onto sparkpeople.com and look me up by pjdksmith4@hotmail.com or just pjdksmith.. you should be able to find my blogs.. about April of 2 or 3 years ago.. I tended to be very verbal-diarrhea in my speech;0).. but its still a struggle every day to get 'over' the fact that I am, in deed, a runner.. especially the first 3km of a run; its a mental struggle.. a lung struggle.. a leg struggle.. then after that? I'm good.. now? My knee is shot ... total bummer as that's probably the only GOOD thing going for me.. so I'm off of running for a while. Training for a sprint triathlon in a couple of weeks.. I can swim til the cows come home (maybe, if they don't stay out late) and HATE to bike.. really.. I don't get it.. I hate it.. and that's 20 km which, to be honest, I'd rather run.. slowly.. then a 5km run at the end.. so I may come in last; but its on my bucket list to do; and so I shall.. and yes.. I too, feel that if someone says, 'YOU CAN'T; or SHOULDN'T' I will TOTALLY kick ass to make sure I do! GOOD JOB!
ReplyDeleteHey Jen! I've added your blog to my Mother Runners Blogroll. :) I love your attitude and I'm trying to borrow it. ;-) Too bad we can't tag-team that tri of yours. I could do the cycling and you could do the swimming, then we could both do the 5K. Maybe. Well, you could. Me? We shall see! :)
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