March 17th seemed like one of the coldest mornings we had in Halifax this winter. I was driving to meet my friend Jennifer for our first run and the radio said it was -20 with the wind chill – I should mention it was 6AM and pitch black.
We’ve decided to meet 3x per week in the morning at her place and run around her neighbourhood. As I’m running the thoughts that go through my mind are really not fit to put in here (keeping it clean mom). No wonder every runner I come across has a look of pain on their face. Seriously, have you ever seen a happy runner? I can only imagine what I look like, I’m a bit of a drooler – yes that’s right folks I drool when I run or if I’m in the vicinity of a Caesar (the drink not the salad).
I’m trying to work my way up to a 5k run. Before I turned 40 I wanted to do a 10k but that has since come and gone. Now striving for a 5k by end of this summer…stay tuned, I could have down to 2k by Canada Day!
Recently, I had a great chat with my cousin who is an avid runner and has competed in a few triathlons. She started out the way I am and really struggled but I spoke with her about this and she gave me some great advice and inspiration to continue. Although she did tell me she doesn’t even like running, I was floored by this statement. Makes me wonder if there are any happy runners out there?
My curling team has kind of tossed the idea around of doing a 5k together. We usually do an outing every month during our off-season. I’m going to suggest an afternoon matinée at the lower deck and maybe run home, I don’t think they’ll go for it though.
Everybody says it gets easier and to keep with it, and I’ve yet to reach the runner’s high they all talk about, I don’t think I’ve run long enough in one stretch to reach it, but I can hardly wait!
Diggin’ deep for 5k…stay tuned for updates!
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