Resolutions
2February 3, 2014 by little hurdles big race
I know, I know it’s February – resolutions are supposed to be made on January 1st. However, most of those resolutions get broken by January 15th. I’ve tried to make my whole lifestyle a resolution for the rest if my life. So it’s February and I’ve got a resolution – get over it 🙂
I’m challenging myself yet again. I spent last year doing 5K’s. I learned two things from this – never to say never & finish lines not finish times are what really matter. If you would have told me 2 years ago I’d be doing races – I would have laughed til I cried. I always said, “I’ll never be a runner” and “that sounds like the most miserable thing in the world”. So much for that! I also learned that my goal isn’t to be the fastest – it’s to challenge myself. There are some races that I do that I really want to make it my best time, but there are many more that I like to do with friends (mud runs for instance) that I just want to have a great time with great people. I do my fair share of power walking mixed in with running – but I know when I am out there that I’m already ahead of everyone else who is still sitting on the couch.
I’ve spent the whole of 2013 doing 5K’s telling myself I was taking baby steps to a 1/2 marathon. Two weeks ago I did the Tinkerbell 10K in Disney Land and on February 15th I’ve signed up for The Virginia is for Lovers 14K. I’m doing that race with a friend who I motivated to do the 14K rather than the 6K due to the increased amount of SWAG you get for the 14K 🙂
She and I are also signed up for a 1/2 marathon in Martinsville on March 22nd. GULP! Go big or go home I guess.
So my goal for 2014 is to do at least 15 races and make at least one of them a 1/2 marathon. I’ve done two, signed up for 4 more, and have 5 more on the calendar waiting for registration.
How are you challenging yourself? It doesn’t have to be a 1/2 marathon – it just has to be. I believe in you and you have the strength to change your life.
little hurdles big race 
Wow … as I read this I am thinking to myself … is this ME talking?!?!?!
Your paragraph #2 … That’s ALL me.
I’ve acutally just recently started running … and have stated how I hate running. That running is stoopid. But as I am getting into it, i realize that I’m sort of liking it. Sort of. I am hoping to warm up to it even more the more I run. (Or jog really … I run slow.)
And, while I too want to better my time, for me it’s about going to event runs … getting freebies (or even paying for them) … getting the shirt, etc. Fun is what gets me there.
My wife and I have also run 2 5K’s this year … and have signed up for about 3 others too. Perhaps one day the 1/2 marathon but will get me.
In the meantime…good going you. 🙂
Good for you as well! I’ve had some of the best races with strangers – helping each other through the mud or over a wall. The free t-shirts don’t hurt either :-). Keep running (or jogging), you’re still ahead of everyone sitting on the couch!