It thrills me to be writing this recap. I wanted to run the BMO Half Marathon in Vancouver and almost signed up for it half a dozen times, but something always kept me from doing it. Then my back issue happened and I realized that I was really glad I hadn't spent the money because I knew I would not have been able to run that course.
However my good friend Danielle was running the half, so I decided to go up with her and cheer her on at the finish. Then she tempted me with entering the 8k...oh running peer pressure, how ruthless you can be. My doctor said I could run 5 miles and with this 8k just looking at me on the page saying "you know you wanna run me", I gave in and registered. What can I say? I'm weak for bling.
Yesterday I got to be involved in a tribute run for Boston that was hosted by local companies Super Jock & Jill, Oiselle, Kinetics Sports Rehab and my friends at Gametiime. The hope was to get as many runners as we could together to run around Greenlake (out and back was 5K) in solidarity for the Boston tragedy.
I was excited because I had finally been cleared to run by my doctor. After three weeks of not running at all, I was excited to get out and pound some pavement, even if I was only allowed to run one mile!
Good Monday everyone! I hope all of you had a great weekend, mine was far too short and more sleep was needed for sure! I had an excellent day with the hubby yesterday though. Brunch and vendor perusing at Pike Place Market was such a nice way to spend the morning.
Today is the start of another week and I woke up with a stiff back. Ugh. I've been feeling good for the past few days, so to wake up with a stiff back on the morning I'm going to attempt to start running again is really messing with my head. I start thinking to myself if I'm even ready to begin running again. Maybe my back is tight because I was thinking about running and I'm having a physical manifestation of my anxiety. Maybe I slept wrong last night. Who knows?!?
I just know one thing, whether I run the mile I'm cleared to run or walk the whole time, I am participating in the tribute run for Boston at Greenlake today. It starts at 6:15 for a run around the lake together in solidarity and support for Boston and runners all over the world.
So today's Momentum Monday quote is actually two separate ones, I just couldn't decide between the two, so I'm using both.
In today's world with the constant barrage of horrible news, gruesome pictures of human attrocities and societal/political damnation of our ability to think/make decisions for ourselves, we tend to become numb after a while. We watch the news or a movie and scenes that would have shocked and horrified us years ago have suddenly become commonplace. We have accepted that bad things happen and seem to let these images numb our empathy.
Yesterday's events slapped me in the face...and I suddenly was not numb anymore.
