Run Forest Run

I have never enjoyed running.. maybe until now. My motto used to be.. If you see me running, pick me up because someone is chasing me! Well I have this friend named Rachel, who is a running guru if I do say so myself. She ran a half marathon a couple months ago. For those who don't know how many miles that is.. it is a lot (about 13.1 miles). So needless to say she has kind of been an inspiration to me. Not to run a half marathon but to run a 5k. Which is around 3 miles.

Chris enjoys running, he ran his first 5k a couple months ago. So we decided to start running with Rachel. What was I thinking!?!? One minute her and I are running on the greenway and the next thing I know her and Chris are making arrangements to meet every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 5:00 AM!!!! Can I just say right now that I am not a morning person at all! I usually take my showers at night and wake up 10 minutes before I have to leave the house. Enough time to brush my teeth, brush my hair and put my contacts in. But.. brace yourself... I have been doing it for 3 weeks now! You should see Chris and I in the mornings driving to meet up with Rachel. He's all bright eyed and bushy tailed and I can barely keep my eyes open. 

Chris is such a great encourager and keeps me going! He is always telling me how proud he is of me and to show me just how proud he was he came home from his lunch break one day with these lovelies!

I have been wanting some good running shoes and I have heard good things about Asics. Chris wears them and loves them.. so he so generously surprised me with a pair. He is the best hubster. This has been a good motivation for me to keep on keeping on. I'm starting to not hate it.. but I'm waiting to get to the point where I love it and get to experience that runner's high! Hopefully I will get there.

Thanks for stopping by everyone and happy running!