I’m doing what?!

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

One day.

One spontaneous decision sparked by a lofty idea or what I should maybe call a dream.

With the help of my encouraging boyfriend (who just so happened to be one of those humans blessed with a “runner body” and also just so happened to run track at the collegiate level…yea I know, annoying right?! ;)) and an internal push from a goal I had set for my next 10 years of life (aka my defining decade), I pulled the trigger and signed the two of us up for a 5k. YES, A 5K.

I’M THE GIRL WHO CAN BARELY RUN ONE MILE AT A TIME PEOPLE!! A 5K!!

I think I woke up everyday from the moment I signed up to the morning of the race thinking “I’M DOING WHAT?!”

Anyways, the 5k wasn’t until July, and it was mid-April, so I calmed my racing, terrified, screaming thoughts by reminding myself that I had over two months to conquer the remaining 2.3 miles that I would be running with my runner of a boyfriend who could do this in his sleep.

I got back on my routine of running one mile per day 2-3 times per week until school started to wind down and I knew that my access to quality treadmills would soon completely disappear.

During a sunny, spring week in May, I was feeling better than normal while on the treadmill and decided that today I would run 1.5 miles without stopping….and guess what?! I did it!! Just like that!! I set my mind to it, and I did it!!

Okay, that made it sound way easier than it was, it wasn’t easy at all. In fact, I think I looked down at the distance meter on the treadmill every ten seconds once I hit a mile, just hoping and praying that I could run for five more minutes (I ran about a ten minute mile pace). Somehow, I miserably managed to complete the mile and a half. I was now satisfied for the week and went back to my one mile a day routine with a little over a month to go before the race.

Stay tuned..