Trying to do it all, one mile at a time
When I started the school semester for one job and high school football season for another job, I changed the day of my long runs from Saturday to Sunday.
Now I’m having a hard time convincing myself that I should go to sleep. I should sleep right now.
I have to wake up at 5:15 a.m. for a 6 a.m. 10-mile run with friends.
And instead I’m watching “The Girl who Played with Fire” on Netflix.
I have a feeling tomorrow will be a long day if I don’t get enough sleep tonight.
I’ve written blog posts before. But not like this.
For some time I’ve toyed with the idea of starting a running blog. But I didn’t. Why? I felt too amateur to do so. I’ve only been running for 19 months.
I started running to get off my diabetes medication. But I ran my first 5k in Nov. 2008.
The next one I ran I knocked 10 minutes off my time. That was April 2010.
I ran my first 10K on Thanksgiving Day 2010.
I was scared out of my mind. But I ended up registering for a half marathon the next June.
I was ahead in my training, so I ran my first half marathon in Oakland on March 27 at the Oakland Running Festival.
I’ve run three more since. I’m training for a marathon I hope to be able to compete.
To get there, I’m running three half marathons in October (I hope).
This is my journey.