Today is a very special day for me. \u00a0Today is my 3 year Runniversary.<\/p>\n
Three years ago today, MFH (My Favorite Husband) helped me through my first day of the C25K program.<\/p>\n
My sister had contacted me a week or so before telling me that MSU (Mississippi State University) was offering the C25K program and wanted to know if I would do it with her. \u00a0I told her I would love to, having no idea what a life changing decision that was.<\/p>\n
I printed off the program from online and tacked it to my refrigerator. \u00a0That first day, I was so excited AND terrified. \u00a0It looked hard. \u00a0I think I had to walk one minute and then run 30 seconds…something like that anyway. \u00a0It progressed rather quickly until right before the 5K, I had to run 20 minutes without stopping. \u00a0I thought there was NO WAY I could run 20 minutes without stopping!!! \u00a0I figured that there was only one way to find out and that was to try.<\/p>\n
And try I did!<\/p>\n
I think I did absolutely everything wrong at the beginning. \u00a0Well, really only one thing wrong but it plagued me for the better part of a year.<\/p>\n
I started in the wrong shoes.<\/p>\n
Those shoes were awful! \u00a0They were blue. \u00a0Blue Nikes. \u00a0I had been wearing them off and on for quite a while. \u00a0They hurt my feet from the moment I bought them. \u00a0I didn’t know any better! \u00a0I thought shoes were shoes. \u00a0Right!?!<\/p>\n
That very first week, I messed up my knee pretty bad. \u00a0It was those darn shoes. \u00a0MFH saw that I was quite uncomfortable so he took me to get fitted. \u00a0I left the store with a pair of Brooks Adrenalines.<\/p>\n
What a difference! \u00a0My feet were happier. \u00a0They still hurt but at least it gave my knees some time to recover (it was well over a year later before I could run without some type of support on my knees. \u00a0I really messed them up.).<\/p>\n
I wore the Brooks to my first 5K. \u00a0That 5K took my 48(?) minutes to complete. \u00a0MFH ran it with me.<\/p>\n
That 5K was hilly (at least to me at that time). \u00a0I was really struggling. \u00a0He sang silly songs to me. \u00a0Hummed the Hawaii 5-O theme song, switched to the Rocky theme song. \u00a0When that was not working, he started dancing. \u00a0All of this to help me through that 3.1 miles. \u00a0He was great!!!<\/p>\n
When I crossed that finish line, I knew I was seriously hooked on running. \u00a0Physically, I was a mess. \u00a0My feet hurt. \u00a0I had a side stitch. \u00a0Because I took so long, the bagels and Gatorade were gone…but I didn’t care. \u00a0I had run my first race…successfully!!!<\/p>\n
*It wasn’t until quite a bit later that I finally figured out that Brooks don’t like my feet. \u00a0I am now very, very fussy about my shoes.<\/p>\n
A friend of MFH’s was a Race Director a bit further south of us. \u00a0She has a 12K on New Year’s Day. \u00a0She had heard that I had completed the C25K and invited me to do her 12K on New Year’s.<\/p>\n
That 5K was held the first weekend of November. \u00a0I had my work cut out for me but I decided to give it a try. \u00a0MFH said he would help me. \u00a0This is when I discovered Hal Hidgon training programs. \u00a0I took HH’s 10K program and followed it as best as I could and ran that 12K on New Year’s Day.<\/p>\n
The rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n
I absolutely love running. \u00a0It has helped me shed a lot of weight, inches and clothing sizes. \u00a0It has helped me get rid of quite a few medications. \u00a0I am healthier physically and mentally…an all around win!<\/p>\n
MFH and I ran our last long distance race together last fall on Oct 20, 2013. \u00a0The Mount Desert Island Marathon. \u00a0My first Marathon. \u00a0His third. \u00a0We made a week trip of it. \u00a0Saw a lot of New England. \u00a0Ran the race. \u00a0Had an absolutely great time! \u00a0But that was it for long distance races for MFH.<\/p>\n
MFH likes 5K’s and 10K’s. \u00a0He likes to run up to an hour and then he is done. \u00a0Unfortunately, it takes me a good hour to get warmed up and begin to enjoy the run. \u00a0We agree to disagree on long distance running \u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
We still get to run together on Saturday mornings with our running group but other than that, I am usually running solo. \u00a0I do miss running with him though. \u00a0I really do appreciate all the time he spent running with me…teaching me “the ropes” as it were. \u00a0We had a great time. \u00a0I cherish our Saturday morning runs. \u00a0Good times!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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