So, I have been playing sports since I was 3 years old. Pretty much out of the womb, I could kick a soccer ball, throw a baseball, and shoot a 3 pointer, so why did I hate running SO much? Who knows! But I was never a fan of it. I could run continuously in a GAME, but just me and the road, or the grass, were like oil and h2O, we just didn't go together well, or at all. The whole reason I went to college, was to play soccer - got recruited by the coach and could run a mile in 8 minutes. After playing soccer for two years, I switched to Lacrosse. EVEN MORE RUNNING. Lacrosse is a game of endurance, there was hardly any time during games that you would be standing still! At this point, I could run a mile in 7:30. Ridiculous! I couldn't even imagine doing that now. But here was the day I started getting back into shape...
I had a pretty depressing Thanksgiving in 2008 and was invited by a co-worker to run the Turkey Trot the morning of Thanksgiving, I figured why not! I had nothing else to do. I ran that race, and ended up running with some girl I didn't even know. We ran together and did it in and around 32 minutes. Okay, so that's around a 10 minute mile. Totally depressing, but just the feeling of completing something like a 5K was an amazing feeling. Running with the pack, hearing everyone stomp around you, I just wanted to keep up with the momentum. Crossing the finish line, I knew I had found something I would and could be passionate about. Something I could really make a goal about, set it, and then execute!
And this is when I realized my love for 5Ks, and made the New Years Resolution of more 5Ks in 2009!
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