I started running briefly in 2007 as a way to deal with negative aspects of my lives. Often times, I felt out of control and running allowed me to concentrate those negative feelings to blast my body through the pavement. At the end of even just a mile run, I could feel those emotions melting and my mind begin to clear. This refreshed state of mind allowed me to gain new perspective to allow me to handle the twists and turns of life.
Although I was off and on with running and used it primarily as a means of exercise, in the fall of 2008 I decided to make it a sport. I started training for my first 5k and ran it in February 2009. After not only accomplishing this goal but coming in third place in my age division, running had me hooked. I couldn't wait to work myself up to a marathon. However, even though I ran a second 5k in March 2010 and also placed in my age division, it became hard to keep up without much support. It was hard to not have people close to me to talk to about my daily running struggles and my goals in the sport.
Thankfully, this changed in the fall of 2012. After my first year of law school, I had gained some significant weight. I had begun working out the summer of 2012 upon concluding my 1L year to shed it and to re-gain one of my hobbies--fitness. I was hesitant about including running in my life again because I was more concentrated on gaining muscle mass. I was trying to steer away from the "cardio legs." However, around September 2012 a dear chapter sister who was also on the quest of losing weight, asked if I wanted to join her and some other sisters in running a half marathon. After all my previous reservations on returning to running, I said yes rather quickly.
We were all in different corners of Central Florida so we were not able to train together. Yet we kept up with each other, shared our experience, and at the end ran the farthest distance any of us could dream of possible at that point. Not only did I finally get some camaraderie but the training experience helped me rediscover why I love to run to begin with. Law school is extremely stressful and training just helped to melt the stress away.
Needless to say, after running just two 5ks and successfully completing a half marathon, I knew as long as I made running a part of my life for good, I could accomplish any goal, on and off the pavement.
So here we are, I will not only be training for my first marathon but I will be running three distances in the three days before. Just another crazy challenge I know I can accomplish. However, the training will be intense. Read the following article to find out a bit more about my training scheme and I hope you will keep up with me until January!
Although I was off and on with running and used it primarily as a means of exercise, in the fall of 2008 I decided to make it a sport. I started training for my first 5k and ran it in February 2009. After not only accomplishing this goal but coming in third place in my age division, running had me hooked. I couldn't wait to work myself up to a marathon. However, even though I ran a second 5k in March 2010 and also placed in my age division, it became hard to keep up without much support. It was hard to not have people close to me to talk to about my daily running struggles and my goals in the sport.
Thankfully, this changed in the fall of 2012. After my first year of law school, I had gained some significant weight. I had begun working out the summer of 2012 upon concluding my 1L year to shed it and to re-gain one of my hobbies--fitness. I was hesitant about including running in my life again because I was more concentrated on gaining muscle mass. I was trying to steer away from the "cardio legs." However, around September 2012 a dear chapter sister who was also on the quest of losing weight, asked if I wanted to join her and some other sisters in running a half marathon. After all my previous reservations on returning to running, I said yes rather quickly.
We were all in different corners of Central Florida so we were not able to train together. Yet we kept up with each other, shared our experience, and at the end ran the farthest distance any of us could dream of possible at that point. Not only did I finally get some camaraderie but the training experience helped me rediscover why I love to run to begin with. Law school is extremely stressful and training just helped to melt the stress away.
Needless to say, after running just two 5ks and successfully completing a half marathon, I knew as long as I made running a part of my life for good, I could accomplish any goal, on and off the pavement.
So here we are, I will not only be training for my first marathon but I will be running three distances in the three days before. Just another crazy challenge I know I can accomplish. However, the training will be intense. Read the following article to find out a bit more about my training scheme and I hope you will keep up with me until January!