Running

I thought I'd let you all know my newest adventure - running. Running! Never in a million, gazillion years would I ever have thought that I would run any real length of distance (unless some wild animal was chasing me). "I'm not built for it" was my excuse. And frankly, I still don't think I'm built for it.

This summer I've been going on walks like 4 or 5 nights a week. My walk around the neighborhood is 1 1/2 miles long. Not long. Took me around 20 minutes. Not fast. Then one day, I saw that the sun was going down earlier and earlier each night. I realized that my walks were either going to have to start happening earlier or I was going to have to go faster. So I decided to try to jog some of it. I started out painfully slow, and thought I would only go until I absolutely couldn't go any further and then just walk. The only thing is, I didn't reach that point! I ended up running the whole distance! I was amazed! Tired and out of breath but amazed! So, I've continued to run. One day, the run left me feeling really good so I decided to up my distance. So now I'm running 2 miles and it takes me a little over 20 minutes to do it.

Maybe it is my age. I'm willing to go through a little more pain and have a little bit more patience than I did when I was, say, in my 20's (don't roll your eyes or laugh!). It's true! And being a mother has taught me that nothing comes without a little work. Maybe, some day, I can run a 5K race (that's 3.1 miles).