Keep Running?
So, I started running again. I have never been
someone that loves running. (even though I played sports my whole life &
played basketball for 13 years…there is some running involved there…LOL) I have
never been that person that pulls on their running shoes with glee and can’t
wait to feel better while pounding the pavement. But I am trying that whole
attitude on for size. I’ve heard it does a body good.
I got into running a while back. I have a very
love/hate relationship with it. I love the feeling I get after I run. It makes
me feel completely physically worn out afterwards. And, call me crazy, but I
love that feeling. It makes me feel like I have put in the work and
accomplished something. BOOM! WINNING! But I absolutely hate the first mile and
the head game I get into each time. I try to take my mind some other place, but
I end up so focused on how much it SUCKS in the moment. Ugh!
And there is another reason I have to talk myself
into running…bare with me, it sounds a little crazy…but I have an illogical
fear of being adultnapped while running. I watch too much ID Channel. So I got
a dog specifically for running. My Beaux is half black lab & half german shepherd.
He is completely black, huge, and looks very intimidating. (he’s actually very
sweet) He loves running, and he makes me feel much safer. You do not often hear
about women being abducted while running with their huge dogs. I know it sounds
irrational, but what can I say? And while I run with him, I get to focus on him
a bit which gets me out of my head. Beaux Beaux…he’s such a great running
companion.
It helps me to set up a running schedule with
planned out routes that I already know the mileage. Plan Plan Plan…. Then I
feel like I have an appointment with my running that I must keep. It helps me
to not skip it because it sucks, let’s be real. LOL!
I sign up for running events when I am trying to
get back into running too. It gives me something to train towards. I am very
competitive, and the knowledge that I will be dead last if I do not train
motivates me. I don’t have to come in first, but I am not going to be the
suckiest! Hey, whatever works!
So back into the running world I go….watch out for
me turning up on the news, missing running lady’s dog found wondering around
without her. Ugh…
Because I want to look like this.....
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