Sometimes running can, for lack of a better word, suck. Your legs ache, your side cramps and you just want to stop the minute you start going.
But sometimes, running can be amazing.
Your motions become automatic, your body puts one foot in front of the other without you having to think about it and best of all, it just feels right.
An amazing run can make you never want to stop running.
This week, I never wanted to stop running.
Every run that I went on just felt great – two, three, four or five miles, the distance didn’t matter, because I enjoyed every mile that I ran. For the first time in a very long time, my body feels strong and comfortable.
And, I’m finally starting to believe that I can actually run this half marathon.
I’ll be honest; I definitely had my reservations in the beginning as I started to train. I feared that that I wouldn’t be able to run the long distances. I worried that I would end up hate running in the process. Most importantly, I dreaded giving up, because I thought there was great potential for me to do so.
But here I am, still alive and still training, and two weeks from now, I’ll (hopefully) be able to say that I’ve officially run my first half marathon.
Of course I’m still nervous that I won’t make it all the way through on the day of the run. But I’m enjoying myself through the training process, and I’m motivated and determined to do this for myself.
I want to run my first half marathon, and I know that I can do it.