Running

So every summer I think I should pick up running, but I never follow through with it, for various reasons, mainly I had terrible running shoes so it made my feet hurt and it gave me a headache because of the pounding and my incorrect breathing. Every other summer it's been ok that I didn't follow through because I had some other form of exercise. Now that I've graduated I can no longer take exercise classes and I don't walk up those crazy stairs everyday and so I'm feeling a little flabby. Also being around someone that averages at least 8 miles a day (depending on the season, he runs more during cross country) makes me feel a little bit lazy for not exercising. Which is why James and I went shopping and I bought a pair of running shoes.

It was fun having him help me pick out shoes at the store, he considers himself somewhat of a running expert, and I'll give him that title. I didn't ever imagine myself dating a runner but it's worked out well and provided us with something else we have in common. In elementary school, Bethany, Jonathan and I would go to school early and run laps around the playground. I loved running races! This is something that when I told people they would look at me like I was crazy but James ran even more than me when he was young so he thought I was normal. I ran cross country through middle school but decided not to run cross country my first two years of high school even though I had the girls cross country coach often asking me if I would join the team. Finally I decided I was going to run XC my Junior year and had even put it as one of the sports I was going to participate in on my physical, well that didn't quite work out, who would have thought that I couldn't run at least 5 miles a day coming out of surgery a few weeks before. Anyway the point I'm getting to is that I like to run, and I went for a 1.5 mile run this morning in my new shoes and I loved it.

I've decided I'm going to sign up for a race to keep me motivated, I haven't decided what race it will be, I'm looking into the Bisbee 1000 to see if it would be possible, but who knows what will happen.