37:14 with an average 12:01 per mile was my finishing result at this past weekend's Shoreline 5k at Hamlin Beach State Park. It felt amazing! My kids, husband, brother and his girlfriend created such a motivating cheering crowd. The support they gave, made me feel so special and determined to give it my all!
It was a beautiful morning. The race route was flat and the last mile was along side Lake Ontario. It was so pretty.
I felt confident about this race, especially since I pushed myself during last week's workouts. (Well, Pina did in all fairness!) I was thrilled that my husband could see me start and finish since this was the first time we were not both competing on the same day.
It's still crazy for me to believe at times that I am still doing this. Like this is NOT a dream or some casual thing that I decided to do but then lost interest with.
I am still running. Each night before a homework run with Pina, I set the alarm for that scary 5:45 a.m. wake up reminder that confirms my "Runner" status. I never have the feeling of wanting to get out of bed... but I do.
Maybe it's because I know Pina is waiting for me at the end of my driveway. Maybe it's because I think that if I don't get out of bed, the running switch in my body will turn off forever. Maybe it's because the way my husband looks at me after I complete a run gives me so much more motivation, to one day, be at his level.
What moved me today? The feeling I had after the race on Saturday. I wanted to stay in bed and avoid the 3 mile workout this morning, but knew in order to feel what I felt on Saturday again, I had to put in the work TODAY!
I'm not sure who is reading these blog posts, but if you are, I sincerely encourage you to do something you thought you never could. Weather it's learning to run, create a healthier lifestyle or heck, knitting a beautiful quilt... Whatever it is, go and DO it! Proving to yourself that you can actually achieve it is so EMPOWERING!
I wish you the best. Oh, and thanks for reading, too!
It was a beautiful morning. The race route was flat and the last mile was along side Lake Ontario. It was so pretty.
I felt confident about this race, especially since I pushed myself during last week's workouts. (Well, Pina did in all fairness!) I was thrilled that my husband could see me start and finish since this was the first time we were not both competing on the same day.
It's still crazy for me to believe at times that I am still doing this. Like this is NOT a dream or some casual thing that I decided to do but then lost interest with.
I am still running. Each night before a homework run with Pina, I set the alarm for that scary 5:45 a.m. wake up reminder that confirms my "Runner" status. I never have the feeling of wanting to get out of bed... but I do.
Maybe it's because I know Pina is waiting for me at the end of my driveway. Maybe it's because I think that if I don't get out of bed, the running switch in my body will turn off forever. Maybe it's because the way my husband looks at me after I complete a run gives me so much more motivation, to one day, be at his level.
What moved me today? The feeling I had after the race on Saturday. I wanted to stay in bed and avoid the 3 mile workout this morning, but knew in order to feel what I felt on Saturday again, I had to put in the work TODAY!
I'm not sure who is reading these blog posts, but if you are, I sincerely encourage you to do something you thought you never could. Weather it's learning to run, create a healthier lifestyle or heck, knitting a beautiful quilt... Whatever it is, go and DO it! Proving to yourself that you can actually achieve it is so EMPOWERING!
I wish you the best. Oh, and thanks for reading, too!
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