tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127593209210536440.post4484100707366416457..comments2010-12-06T21:28:37.750-06:00Comments on The Ramblings of an Ordinary Woman: HALF-MARATHON TRAINING: THE REASON BEHIND THE INSANITYSylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508452794189606202noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127593209210536440.post-77360972993847973342010-07-14T22:54:00.474-05:002010-07-14T22:54:00.474-05:00I use to always run after I graduated High school ...I use to always run after I graduated High school and after I cut ties to a ex I quit running and did nothing but the partying scene. I never realized how much i missed running until this past year. I always find myself talking to myself. I even put my trainer on my shoulder and tell myself all the things she would tell me if i was to be a quiter. I remember my lil sis running her first full marathon and the sense of accomplishment she felt. I so wanted to feel that. Feel that I could accomplish something. So I set one of my 2010 goals to run a half marathon. Training in the cold was in sane! I kept asking myself what am I thinking but I'm glad i never quit. i didn't follow my schedule as I was suppose to but I was still mentally and physically prepared. So I thought until the knee started hurting a couple of weeks before my run. So i rested it until it felt a little better. I knew it was due to my lack of dedication to my training schedule. I found it difficult to train with a newborn and the adjustment of life in general. But April 2010 came and i was running my first half marathon. I was nervous as heck. Going to the bathroom making sure I had my goo, my shoes tied etc...I remember taking off and I felt like I needed to cry. I kept telling myself I'm actually running a half! Holy Cow but I held my tears back and kept running. Best part about my run is that mY COSUINran with me and we kePt the same pace and we motivated each other. We were down to our last four miles and the knee start to hurt I told him to go on without me and i would catch up. I never caught back up. hahah! I slowed my pace down in order to support the pain. my mind is going and music is playing and the last thing i wanted to do was talk myself out of finishing. So i put my Byrd on my shoulder(she's my trainer) and kept talking myself into makng it to the finish line. Everything she ever told me was running through my head. One of the main things she tells me is don't talk your self out of it. As soon as you talk yourself out it is whe nyour body starts to shut down. So from a distance I could see the Cotton bowl and the ferris wheel. I was thinkng I'm almost there yeah right I had 2 more miles. The longewt 2 miles ever but I kept going and as I came up to the finish line I was overwhelmed with a sense of accomplishment. I did it! I ran a half marathon. I was so super excited and was planning my next one but to improve my time and train harder. But I had to rest of the knee and here it is June and I haven't been running as much. I will say words of encourgament helped me. The fact that the people I ran with had faith that I could accomplish the run! As a friend I will cheer you and help you accomplish this goal. I want to run another but I need more time to train. Maybe we can run the next one together. <br /><br />Love VickyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com