First - five for five on running. YAY! A shorter run today - a longer one tomorrow - and tomorrow we hit Fleet Feet.
Monday I meet Amy for the first time - Amy's my new trainer. I spoke to her last night, and she sounds great! She's lost a bunch of weight through training over five years ago - and so knows what I'm up against - and she LOVES research, and is already psyched about learning about the WDW Half and all that other good stuff. I'm bringing her a bunch of resources on Monday to learn about my goals. How cool is that?
Sponsors - your letters also go out Monday morning. :)
Okay - so the book I bought in Canada that I'm reading is called: "The Courage to Start" by John The Penguin Gringham.
John was a big guy who decided in his FOURTIES to start running. He runs marathons, halfs, 5k, etc. And he never wins. He's happy just to finish - because it's about his health and his love for running.
It's a story about becoming a runner - and becoming in control of your body again - and like John says - that we are able to finish is not the miracle - the miracle is that we had the courage to start in the first place.
And that's DEFINITELY how I feel.
More about the Penguin as I get further - but so far - he's confirmed my shoe shopping idea! :)
MAIN STREET AWAITS!
John Bingham's columns have appeared in Runner's World every month for many years. I've read them all. He also came to our local Rocket City Marathon a few years ago. While his mantra is that "just finishing" is a good thing, you'll also find that he also has pushed himself to go longer and faster as he became more involved in the running community.
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds like great inspiration. Sounds like he'd be an interesting fellow to meet.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the new trainer. And Great Job on day 5!
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ReplyDelete5 for 5 for me too! I think when all is said and done when January comes, we'll all be proud of ourselves for our year of training. That alone will be a big accomplishment. The race will be icing on the cake!
ReplyDeleteBook Sounds good .And I am really glad to see you putting effort out to do this challenge.
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