WHY RUN?
So everyone asks me "Have you always been a runner?" My response: "EFF NO!" That's usually followed up then with "Then what made you start?" I then reply "STUPID LEO".
So here's the story.
Leo (my lifetime drinking buddy and I) have decided to try out for the Amazing Race TV show. We decided this about A YEAR AGO! But our lazy asses still haven't made a video to submit. But at the time we were ALL for it (it's his favorite show) and Leo came across the Marine Corp Marathon (MCM) 10k. That's 6.2 miles to run (NOT THE MARATHON!). His exact email was "Hey, let's do this to train for the Amazing Race" Of course I was like "It's only April, this is in October - let's do it!" So then training started: a few days a week I would drive (yes, he only lives 2 miles away, but I AM that lazy) to his house and we would go on a run. I of course would hang for about the first block, then I would slowly lose site of him as my legs started slowing down out of sheer anger that I was submitting them to such torture. Eventually I could last 2 blocks in his pace, and so on.
Then it happened. I was just NOT making any progress. So it was suggested by a co-worker that I should do a small race to get the feel of a race. Enter: Crystal City Twilighter 5k (that's 3.1 miles). So I was all "What the Hell" and signed up.
Long story short(er): I ran the race, it sucked. I then ran 2 more 5k's and got better (YAY ME!). Then the 10k came - and I surprised myself by running the ENTIRE 6.1 miles!! Leo on the other hand didn't run it (yes, it was his idea). So now I was hooked. I signed up for a 5miler after that, and that was my last run of 2009.
...and that's how I came to start running.
So WELCOME 2010! THE YEAR OF THE RUNNER (or at least for me that's what it is).
So yeah, I run. But why should I blog about such a mundane 'sport'?
Easy: I get bored at work, so this will be a fun project (I give myself a month before I get tired of the blogging part). I have a lot of friends who have taken up running, getting in shape, etc. and many of them look for me for encouragement and inspiration (enter sappy song here) so hopefully I can help inspire them even more!! And plus Ashley Jones is blogging and I gotta keep up with her! So check out her blog also (she's MUCH funnier than me): http://www.ashleyjonesy.blogspot.com/
On the blog I'll write about my runs (haha...not THOSE runs, the racing runs...not THOSE runs either, the training I am doing for the races!). I'll also write about new running gear I pick up, and maybe even some sweet running articles (if they exist). I won't write JUST about running though (yes, this IS a running blog - but let's be serious, I can never stay on track). I'll also write about my adventures in starting to become a Cyclist (that's another story - but the short version is I work part time in a bike shop and I am tired of being a poser), and about other exercise options, banging healthy recipes I cook up, etc. So basically I just described a health blog. WTF?!??! WHO THE HELL HAVE I TURNED INTO?? Stupid "real world".
- apes -
So everyone asks me "Have you always been a runner?" My response: "EFF NO!" That's usually followed up then with "Then what made you start?" I then reply "STUPID LEO".
So here's the story.
Leo (my lifetime drinking buddy and I) have decided to try out for the Amazing Race TV show. We decided this about A YEAR AGO! But our lazy asses still haven't made a video to submit. But at the time we were ALL for it (it's his favorite show) and Leo came across the Marine Corp Marathon (MCM) 10k. That's 6.2 miles to run (NOT THE MARATHON!). His exact email was "Hey, let's do this to train for the Amazing Race" Of course I was like "It's only April, this is in October - let's do it!" So then training started: a few days a week I would drive (yes, he only lives 2 miles away, but I AM that lazy) to his house and we would go on a run. I of course would hang for about the first block, then I would slowly lose site of him as my legs started slowing down out of sheer anger that I was submitting them to such torture. Eventually I could last 2 blocks in his pace, and so on.
Then it happened. I was just NOT making any progress. So it was suggested by a co-worker that I should do a small race to get the feel of a race. Enter: Crystal City Twilighter 5k (that's 3.1 miles). So I was all "What the Hell" and signed up.
Long story short(er): I ran the race, it sucked. I then ran 2 more 5k's and got better (YAY ME!). Then the 10k came - and I surprised myself by running the ENTIRE 6.1 miles!! Leo on the other hand didn't run it (yes, it was his idea). So now I was hooked. I signed up for a 5miler after that, and that was my last run of 2009.
...and that's how I came to start running.
So WELCOME 2010! THE YEAR OF THE RUNNER (or at least for me that's what it is).
So yeah, I run. But why should I blog about such a mundane 'sport'?
Easy: I get bored at work, so this will be a fun project (I give myself a month before I get tired of the blogging part). I have a lot of friends who have taken up running, getting in shape, etc. and many of them look for me for encouragement and inspiration (enter sappy song here) so hopefully I can help inspire them even more!! And plus Ashley Jones is blogging and I gotta keep up with her! So check out her blog also (she's MUCH funnier than me): http://www.ashleyjonesy.blogspot.com/
On the blog I'll write about my runs (haha...not THOSE runs, the racing runs...not THOSE runs either, the training I am doing for the races!). I'll also write about new running gear I pick up, and maybe even some sweet running articles (if they exist). I won't write JUST about running though (yes, this IS a running blog - but let's be serious, I can never stay on track). I'll also write about my adventures in starting to become a Cyclist (that's another story - but the short version is I work part time in a bike shop and I am tired of being a poser), and about other exercise options, banging healthy recipes I cook up, etc. So basically I just described a health blog. WTF?!??! WHO THE HELL HAVE I TURNED INTO?? Stupid "real world".
- apes -
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2 comments:
You should do the 2010 Muddy Buddy (http://muddy-buddy.competitor.com/what-is-muddy-buddy/).
APRIL!!! I'm sure you don't remember me but it's Jordan from LU. We were in Business School together, but I just wanted to say this is Awesome and I'm so proud of you. I just started running myself, and I curse myself every time I run. You sound pretty hardcore, maybe you should consider a triathlon :)
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