changes

I posted a progress report recently, but as I get near an adventure that I am very excited/nervous about I feel the need to share my changes over the last 10 months.

(and yes this counts as new)

I have wanted to be the person that does random events for the longest time, seriously for the LONGEST time.  It looked like it would be cool but I always said to myself. "I can't do that"  What a horrible attitude! If I say it I never will!

In May of this last year I had the opportunity to watch people as they were finishing a half marathon that was around.  If those people can do it, why couldn't I?
The next day I found the triathlon a couple weeks away and signed up before I could talk myself out of it.  Then I got the tri bug.

So here I am, a couple days away from my first half marathon, and I will admit, running is still not my favorite thing.  I don't always enjoy it, but I do enjoy the sense of accomplishment.

What I have learned about myself, and what I see in myself that is more exciting than sitting on the couch is my sense of determination.  You can tell me I am crazy (I get that I didn't give myself a ton of training time!) or you could say that the idea of running doesn't sound fun.  What I have learned about running over the last few months is how much I really do enjoy running, enjoy having my thoughts (and sometimes the dog or husband with me) and just heading off without having something to worry about.  It is the same feeling I got as a kid from swimming, except I am on land.  While I miss swimming running is more practical and I am sure that my stress level is much less than what it would be otherwise....

Bring it on, I am trying my best!