run Hasara's, run.: My love/hate relationship with running

Our Journey to 10,000 miles...... began with one lil 5K

Well, its official. We have a goal. (big surprise, eh??)

WE, yes, WE have decided to run 10,000 miles before our 50th anniversary!
That's 5,000 race miles each!!!!
We need to log about 117 race miles per year!!!

Annual Race Miles.......

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September 14, 2009 ~~ 19.3 miles ran, 9,980.7 to go

September 14, 2010 ~~ 126.1 miles ran, 9,854.5 total miles to go

September 14, 2011 ~~ 71.2 miles ran, 9783.3 total miles to go

Thursday, April 29, 2010

My love/hate relationship with running

OK, I have no idea who is looking at my blog, but I see the ticker going up lots and lots, so please feel free to follow my blog, or comment!!! I'd love to know I'm not alone in this mommy-running world!!!!

Now, onto my love/hate relationship with running. I love to run. I obsess over it. I dream about running. I am a fanatic over deciding which races to run. I am lost without a big race to train for. I can't stop thinking about what's next in my running world.......
But, the second I am out there, the very second after I hit "start" on my uuber-old-school Timex, I hate running. I hate the pain. I hate that I can't run faster. I hate that my thighs still jiggle, even after all this work I make them do. I hate that m"J-Lo-aint-got-nothing-on-me" booty wiggles AND jiggles. I hate that I've left my hubby and kids at home to go run. I hate that all these people are out mowing their yards or working in their gardens, and I have forfeited this time for Chris and myself, because I choose to run. I hate that I am only 2.3 miles into my 4.6 mile run. I hate that I'll never be able to complete the 1/2 marathon in my goal time. I hate that I have scheduled my families activities around my running. I hate that this little hobby costs $15-$18 per race. I hate that I'm not done yet. I hate that I hate this.
Then I finish today's run. I hit 'stop' on the ole Timex. I LOVE RUNNING! I love what I just accomplished. I love that I am setting such a great example for my children. I love the people in my town who smile and refer to me as "the runner" I love coming home a putting a big fat "X" on today's scheduled run, because I did it! I love plugging today's numbers into my online pace calculator, and seeing I shaved 8 seconds off my last run. I love inspiring others to lead a more healthy lifestyle. I love the slight soreness in my thighs after a long run. I love walking around after a LONG Saturday morning run, knowing I've done more before 7am than most people. I love feeling like I 'earned' my Coke after a good run. I love feeling my legs get stronger every day. I love running. I LOVE RUNNING. (most of the time anyways)

1 comment:

jodes said...: This post was incredible. When i was reading the 'hate' section, i was feeling really down and bad for you - and kept coming up with what i was going to email you!!! LOL!! But then it got to the LOVE and WHEW!; May 4, 2010 at 4:34 PM

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A journey of 10,000 miles

4-7-12 ~ 3.1 miles (c) 9750.9 to go
4-7-12 ~ 3.1 miles (j) 9754 miles left
Nov 13, 2011 13.1 miles(c) 9757.1 to go
Nov 13, 2011 13.1 miles (j) 9770.2 to go
Sept 10, 2011 5 miles (c) 9783.3 to go
Sept 10, 2011 5 miles (j) 9788.3 to go
July 30, 2011 5 miles (c) 9793.3 to go
July 30, 2011 5 miles (j) 9798.3 to go
July 23, 2011 5 miles (c) 9803.3 to go
July 23, 2011 5 miles (j) 9808.3 to go
May 15, 2011 13.1 miles (c) 9813.3 to go
May 15, 2011 13.1 miles (j) 9826.4 to go
April 2, 2011 3.1 miles (c) 9839.5 to go
April 2, 2011 3.1 miles (j) 9842.6 to go
March 5, 2011 3.1 miles (c) 9845.7 to go
March 5, 2011 3.1 miles (j) 9848.8 to go
Nov 13, 2010 13.1 miles (c) 9851.9 to go
Nov 13, 2010 13.1 miles (j) 9829 to go
Oct 24, 2010 3.1 miles (c) 9842.1 to go
Oct 24, 2010 3.1 miles (j) 9845.2 to go
Oct 24, 2010 3.1 miles (c) 9848.3 to go
Oct 24, 2010 3.1 miles (j) 9851.4 to go
Sept 12, 2010 5 miles (C) 9854.5 to go
Sept 12, 2010 5 miles (J) 9859.5 to go
Sept 11, 2010 5 miles (C) 9864.5 to go
Sept 11, 2010 5 miles (J) 9869.5 to go
August 22, 2010 5 miles (C) 9874.5
August 22, 2010 5 miles (J) 9879.5
August 14, 2010 3.1 miles (C) 9884.5
August 14, 2010 3.1 miles (J) 9887.6
July 31, 2010 5 miles (C) 9890.7 to go
July 31, 2010 5 miles (J) 9895.7 to go
July 10, 2010 3.1 miles (C) 9900.7 to go
July 10, 2010 3.1 miles (J) 9903.8 to go
June 26, 2010 3.1 miles (C) 9906.9 to go
June 26, 2010 3.1 miles (J) 9910 to go
June 13, 2010 13.1 mile (C) 9913.1 to go
June 13, 2010 13.1 miles (J) 9926.2 to go
June 6, 2010 3.1 miles (C) 9939.3 to go
June 6, 2010 3.1 miles (J) 9942.4 to go
May 16, 2010 3.1 miles (C) 9945.5
May 16, 2010 3.1 miles (J) 9948.6
May 8, 2010 3.1 miles (C) 9951.7 to go
May 8, 2010, 3.1 miles (J) 9954.8 to go
April 24 2010, 3.1 miles (C) 9957.9 to go
April 24 2010, 3.1 miles (J) 9961 miles to go
April 3 2010, 3.1 miles (C) 9964.1 to go
April 3 2010, 3.1 miles (J) 9964.5 to go
November 7 2009, 13.1 miles (J) 9967.6 to go
September 12 2009, 5 miles (C) 9980.7 to go
September 12 2009, 5 miles (J) 9985.7 to go
May 30 2009, 3.1 miles (C) 9990.7 to go
May 30 2009, 3.1 mile (J); 9993.8 to go
April 4 2009, 3.1 miles; 9996.9 to go

running quotes to keep me going

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

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Mind is everything: muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

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Once you're beat mentally, you might as well not even go to the starting line.

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Let us run with perseverance

the race marked out for us.

~Hebrews 12:1~

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Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize

~1 Corinthians 9:24~

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Exercise Daily: Walk with God, Run from sin.

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