RUNNER IN ME
My best run yet. I earned my first Pr, 2:06:26. I was focused, relaxed and paced my self better than I have in previous races. I implemented all the things that my veteran running buddies taught me, things I've read in marathon running books on training and fueled properly before and during my race.
Yes, these are things that runners do all the time. For me, it is fairly new. I have only been running almost 4 years and have only experienced 3 half marathons with a few 5k and 10K races in between. This race has mentally charged me and physically let me know I can go even further. With the right training, determination and physically knowing what my body can do without doubt is truly uplifting for me. Running R'N'R Los Angeles gave me the boost I needed to complete my first full marathon. With only 5 weeks until R'N'R Vegas Full Marathon, I must be even more mentally and physically prepared to take on this new challenge, new goal and higher bar I set for myself. As I type this I get nervous thinking about running my first full. With so little time left to prepare, the butterflies are definitely fluttering. I know I can do this as long as I stick to my nutrition plan and work even harder with cross training.
Running is a solo sport. Especially for an endurance athlete. Long runs, track workouts, cross training, strict nutrition plans and competition, (mostly with self to do better), and time away from the outside world can be lonely. Especially when people doubt you, turn away from you, and don't support you because of their personal hang ups on fitness or beliefs on what you choose to do in leading a happy, eventful, life of growth and moving forward. The upside of it is, I have met some wonderful inspiring people, joined running groups, and am able to share in the joy and liberation of running with so many others who have experienced and know the feeling of freedom running gives you. I am alive!
I am fit, I am healthy, I am happy, I am strong. Most importantly I am a new me inside and out. It is liberating and a bit euphoric having something that you've worked so hard for come to life. To some this is nothing. For me and those who have or are in my running shoes, eat, live and sleep a runner's life, know exactly how pleasing and exciting it is to PR, PB and the magic of the race and the adrenalin of the competition.
No matter what your goals, what your dreams..stop wishing, stop thinking what if. Grab hold of them. Make them come true. Live your life, not someone else's. In doing so you find yourself.
I found the runner in me.
Theresa Wells, Owner
Tone At Home Fitness
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