Freedoms Run 2017

I'm thinking about using this blog again to record my training for my next race! I've been using a paper training journal, but it doesn't leave much room for narrating. I signed up for Freedoms Run 10k, with my eyes on a December half marathon. It's hard to be running again, this time as a mom. I'm heavier than I usually am, with low motivation to diet. I'll be trying to focus on running, not weight loss, and will be trying to accept my slower pace. It's been really fun to look back over the past eight years of (off and on again) running. Heres a recap of my races: 2010 - Freedom's Run 10k in 63 minutes 2011 - Cherry Blossom 10 miler 2011 - Freedoms Run half marathon - 2 hours 26 minutes 2012 - Student Burse Association 5k - 25 minutes 2013 - Freedoms Run 5k - 36 minutes 2016 - Memorial 5k - 33 minutes Right now I'm focusing on simply finishing the 10k. I'm trying to Run about 4 mornings a week. If I wait until evening to run, it almost never happens. I'm exhausted but motivated! I miss being able to identify as a runner. It's been about 5 years since I've ran on a regular basis, but I'm ready to reclaim that title. Honestly I've ran more this summer than the past 4 years combined! I think I'll start feeling like a runner again once I can easily run a 30m 3 miler on a regular basis. That was my litmus test when I starates running 8.5 years ago, and I think it still holds true today. Today's run is a mere 1.5 miler. I'm completely embarrassed by the low mileage, but being as I haven't run regularly in the last half decade, I need to easer somewhere. It was helpful to reread old entries on this blog when I started training for my first 10k. I started at one mile, and added a quarter mile at a time.