Like a turtle.: Run!

Like a turtle! But by damn, RUN!

Last year, probably around March, I decided to give the old couch to 5K yet another go. And hindsight is 20/20 folks, but I wish I had kept track of my progress. When I started I struggled to finish a 1 minute run. 3 minutes felt like an eternity. And the day I turned on my training plan to see that I had to run 20 minutes, consecutively, I may have thrown up a little in my mouth. I have never been a runner. I have started this program at least 5 times. I have completed it once or twice, always to quit running again after finishing a 5K.

This time was different. I felt a fire people. It lit up under me and I decided to keep going. Why continue to tell the world and myself that running just isn't in me? Running just wasn't something I could accomplish? I was over 200 freaking pounds and I was doing it, and dammit, I wanted to get better. The day I decided to stop quitting was the day I decided I am worth it. I can do it. I will do it.

And then the crazy took over and I signed up for a half-marathon. Ha! I still don't know what got into me, but it is coming up soon. This month I will run a half marathon. It is unthinkable really.

On Christmas morning 2014, I woke up and ran 3 miles. It was actually a rather difficult 3 miles. It was 3 miles full of doubt. I had been injured, gone through PT, gotten the flu, suffered from kidney stones and stent placements and pain in the months prior. I was feeling defeated. I didn't want to run. I wanted to quit.

I wanted to quit.

I wanted to quit. But I didn't. I ran. I told myself I would do it. And I did.