In December of last year, I crazily decided that I wanted to become a runner. Did I EVER like it? No. I have dreaded running the mile since like 6th grade! Over Christmas I'd listened to my sister tell a story about a friend of hers that had run the San Francisco Marathon and uncontrollably... it popped up there on my bucket list. I started a program called C25K and downloaded an app called Get Running. After 2 "attempted starts" and a crappy calf injury, I finally buckled down and got serious. In February, I started by running for 1 minute and walking for 1.5 minutes at a time. Three runs a week, 9 weeks later, on April 30th I completed C25K and ran for 30 minutes strait, without stopping, for the third time in a row! It was just under 3 miles.
Having completed the program, I wanted to test myself and signed up to run the Wrigley River Run. We got caught up with work and I stopped training for about a month. Since I'd already signed up, I decided to do the run regardless. When I went to pick up my information packet, Mr. B. spontaneously decided to do the run with me! I was skeptical but sure enough, after a pre race stop at 7-11 for some Red Bull, we showed up to the starting line and ran that race! We finished the 5K (3.2 miles) at (me 36:28 and him 37:50), pretty decent considering we hadn't been running for so long beforehand.
We felt great afterward and I've signed up for the Long Beach Half Marathon (13.1 miles). I've faltered on my training plan but have no intention of being a no show come Race Day, October 9th! JT is signed up to do the Long Beach Aquarium Kids 1 mile fun run the day before. He's pretty excited.
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