Running

The George Washington Bridge from the NJ side in an overlook park

So running. I've hated it. Always. Never thought I was a runner. Even when I trained and ran a half marathon. I was slow and it was difficult and I couldn't seem to go faster no matter what. I think I wrote about how I started with using the Couch to 5K application on my phone. Then I downloaded the nike+gps application and have slowly been using that more and more. I love it because I can set challenges and it pushes me to run faster or go further than I have before. My past few runs have been sub 11 minute miles--right around 10:30 min miles which is absolutely amazing to me! I know that's not super fast, but I've never been able to go faster than a 12 minute mile and to be able to do that for over 3 miles... I just love it. Another side affect of running is I've become addicted to it. When I'm having a bad day, I know I need to go running, and if I don't go, my body is all sorts of unhappy with me. It craves the release.

If I can run and get faster, and run consistently, then anyone can! Just do it!