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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Ode to the thing i love to hate....

And the thing i hate to love...

running.




It's been 1 month since i started running.  One month ago today I could barely get through a half of a mile.  Today, I ran a mile and a half.  My mile time has improved by almost 2 full minutes, and i'm feeling so much better about myself and my health.  Sounds good, right?  not quite.  It's still SO SO hard for me.
I think maybe i had this expectation that once i got through the dreaded 2 weeks, it would start to be easy. I would run and run and run, and one day start to be like my husband and wake up and take a quick 5 mile jog. HA!

Each day i repeat certain things to get my butt off the couch and onto the treadmill...

i ask myself if tomorrow i would rather be sore or be sorry.  I choose sore regularly  most days.  :-)
the thing that makes me not want to do it each day is just the fact that it (for lack of a better word) sucks.  I hurt, and it's hard.  whining.  But then i remind myself that i can deal with it's sucky-ness for 20 minutes a day, or i can deal with my exact same body/health forever!!

Running has improved my overall mood during the day, my energy, and of course, my weight.
So, heres to you, running.

I don't love you...but i do like you.  and maybe some day i'll love you.

:)

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