Two things happened today, that resulted in me ending up here this evening.
- I picked up a book called ‘Running Like a Girl’ by Alexandra Heminsley in Waterstones today whilst I was procrastinating about going to the gym. I already had my trainers on, but sometimes it takes me a while to get mentally where I need to be for a run. I went to Cafe Nero, for a pre-gym coffee & started reading, and within 20 minutes I was contemplating signing up for the Brighton Marathon next April. She made me want to run, and keep running, and then run some more. I realised how interesting I find it reading about other peoples fitness and running stories: how they started, their struggles, their accomplishments, their motivation, what works and what doesn’t. Essentially why people run (other than the obvious one - to get away from someone/somewhere/something.)
- I went to the gym as I intended and I had a really good 10K run. I write it so easily, like I’ve done it so many times before, but it was only my second feat. I’m getting fairly confident and perhaps slightly complacent with running just 5K so I figured it was a good way to step it up. When I was running today I let go. I fully relaxed my mind and let it wonder wherever it wanted to, and it took me back here. A seed was planted mid-run, and I decided that when I got home I’d have a go at writing about my running habits.
So, here goes nothing!
My Running Goals
Beat my 5K time (26:55)
Beat my 10K time (60:23)
Run a half-marathon
Run a marathon
Run a total of 125K by the end of 2014
Run a total of 200K in 2015
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