We all know what happened on Monday in Boston. The Boston Marathon was shaken by a tragic event that has united all runners (and aspiring runners like me.) I had mixed emotions over the course of the week. Everything from being scared to start running to being upset and even mad. My prayers are with everyone that was involved and with everyone trying to find the people that did this.
I haven’t actually started running yet, but I am walking every day that I can to get up to the running. After Monday, I had this feeling that I didn’t want to run anymore because I was scared that this could happen in Atlanta. For some reason I started reading Jen’s running page on her blog. After that I knew that I was being irrational. There was nothing to be scared about. The last line of this page is:
“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start”
~John Bingham
This is what made me decide that I needed to go on! I haven’t had a finish yet, but I have the courage to start. So Jen, thank you! You may not have known it, but you really helped me Monday when I had this fear and was debating on not running.
So this week I have walked with Mr. RCGG twice. I may be ready to tackle the hill to the right in the next few days. That hill is huge. We usually got to the left because the hill isn’t as big and easier to go up. I am starting Couch25K. next month and hopefully figure out my pace soon so I can register for a race. I want something to keep me motivated. I wanted to run the Turtle Crawl on Jekyll Island next month, but didn’t find out about it in time to train. I will run it next year though.
This week I also have been doing a little workout! I have been doing this workout.
I have only done it twice so far, but I plan on doing it some more even if it made me really tired. Haha! Sometimes you just have to keep doing the workout even if makes you exhausted right?!
LOVE this mail booty routine!! I need to do it more often because I can always feel the burn 🙂
And thank you for the sweet words honey…I am so glad that reading my running page could help take away some of that fear for you. In this world, we can’t go see a Batman movie, send our kids to elementary school or run a race without being scared. But what’s life without those things? I refuse to let these tragic events keep me from enjoying life. I promise one day soon, when you take those first few strides, you will see what I mean about running 🙂 xoxo