Friday, January 29, 2010

Why am I running?

Ok - first off, let me state the obvious. I'm not a blogger. I don't update my blog. I don't read the blogs of others. I'm really not that tech-saavy. I like to read books, magazines and other things that are paper related. Not sure if that will ever change. Ok - got that off my chest.

I've recently taken up running. Let me re-phrase that. I've recently decided to train to run the 1/2 marathon in Nashville due the the heavy pressure I've received from my husband and sister. They ran it together last year and decided to talk the rest of the family (my sister's husband Joel, me and my other sister, Holli, and her husband Brent) into running it with them this year. I'm actually pretty excited about my progress thus far. When I started I literally couldn't run a quarter of a mile w/o feeling like my lungs were going to cave in. Now, my longest run to date is just under 6 miles. I even went running by myself today in Enterprise, Alabama where it was a balmy (and beautiful) 60 degrees. That being said, I still don't feel like a runner. My knees hurt, I NEVER look forward to it and I still can't talk to anyone while I'm running. The race is in April. I think the only reason I'm running is to get the prize. Hopefully I'll start liking it in the process. We'll see.