When you were born your parents may have made a little book with your name on it- this is most often true for the oldest child and generally fades out the more children there are per family. Sorry Sean. This book was probably adorable and adorably decorated in pastel images of zoo animals, or Winnie the Pooh, or some other cutesy baby stuff. With every thing you did your parents would jot down in excitement – Ashley’s first word – gaga. We have a diva on our hands. That’s how I feel about this blog. Pastel colors and all. This is my book of milestones.
In this blog I have documented countless hours of my life. I have posted pictures of my dirty gym clothes, glorious sunsets, my friends, and my family. In my first blog post I confessed to crying on a boardwalk by myself after finishing my first run, overcome with emotion- this is my life now. I documented in fear my first 5k and I questioned if I would be able to do it and I was truly concerned that maybe I could not. I wrote about my first 4 mile run. My first 5 mile run. Now I’m going to tell you I did it again yesterday- my second time in a row doing five miles. And maybe I will look back on this post and I will laugh at these milestones, but we definitely don’t laugh at a baby’s first time lifting their head, or sitting up, or crawling, and standing up, to walking, to running, to holy crap we need to lock everything up in this house. We all start somewhere. I started as a fatigued, sick, swollen, depressed 25 year old trying to figure out what my next step was- Do I continue living like this or do I make the necessary changes to live a healthy life?
My path to rediscovery began in May. Today I officially registered for my first half marathon.
What I didn’t realize when I first agreed to this race was that it was one year from the point that I turned my life around. Words cannot express how meaningful this race is to me. And just like my first 5k, I have that apprehensive and terrified feeling, but now I feel empowered with the knowledge that I have set my mind towards many obstacles this year and I accomplished goals that I didn’t know I even had for myself.
In May of 2013 I struggled to walk, in May of 2014 I will run a half marathon.
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Good for you! What a great accomplishment that will be for you!
Thanks so much and thank you for checking out my page!
Great post! And congrats…that’s very exciting. I registered for my first half yesterday, but mine isn’t until September. Until then, I train for my first Tough Mudder in May (which, in all reality, is as close to a half as you can come). 🙂
Thank you! I’m looking forward to it.. I’m talking playlist in the works and everything. And good for you for registering too! We can inspire each other! I’ve looked into the tough mudder and I’m not sure I’m tough enough yet. Maybe after some more of that grueling yoga that I do I’ll be ready to go 🙂 I look forward to reading all about your training!
Congratulations! Enjoy.
Great decision! May will be a great time for a half!
That’s what I was thinking, especially since I never run outdoors in the winter. It will give me adequate time to get back into running outside and it gives me more time to train.