Sadly I am acknowledging the length of time that has passed since I last posted to this blog! What is worse than the time since I was training at the level I should be! In 2010 I completed 28 races, one of which was a half marathon, one 10-mile, two 5-miles, and numerous bridge races amongst the 5Ks. In 2011, I've done about 4!
My career and personal life stepped in and I decided to forego personal health and allow these to set me back....the result of which is 13 lbs of weight gain, and a significant loss of running endurance.
With the rebirth of my training comes a certain amount of discouragement at having to virtually start over. I am reminded however, that there were 30 other pounds involved when I first started running 2 years ago, and that my cardio health is still spot on!
I am also happy for muscle memory and for the fact that I am not insanely sore after my daily runs, as my body remembers that this is what "we" do...we just have been lax at keeping to our schedule.
I am also thankful that I never completely stopped running, but rather just became a very unscheduled runner...and that my mind still recognizes this as as much a part of my life as brushing my teeth (or at least this is how it was and will be again!)
The greatest thing I've come to know about running is that it never leaves you...it is always there waiting for you to show up, happy to see you, providing immense mental and physical benefits to the participant, and that a true runner can honestly say that they've NEVER regretted going for a run!
To myself I will add "WELCOME BACK!"
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