Deep Thoughts on Running

I love to run! Since college, I've run off and on over the years...but since having Casey, I've been able to really push myself with my running. And it's been very exhilarating! Exhilarating to see what I'm capable of doing! This past year has been a particular blast for me, spending 14 weeks of my summer training for a half-marathon that I ran in September. It was a lot of work and very tiring...but it was a great way to spend the summer! 

 Half-marathon in Winslow, Arkansas

Woolaroc 8K in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Only problem with that much running is INJURY! Here I thought I was a healthy, strong 32 year old...and my body started to treat me like it was 60! Injured calf, injured knee...it became quite a bummer to my running high! So I finished out the running season as best I could and now I work out at the YMCA in town. I've discovered cycling and pilates and zumba...and it's a lot of fun! I was once so one-minded in my exercise ("I only run...I'm a runner!"), but now I'm branching out and enjoying it. The thing that I have discovered though, for me, is that there's still nothing like the thrill of the run. Once or twice a week, when I get on that treadmill and actually get to tap back into a good run, there's nothing in the world like it!! It's one of my favorite places to be--that zone of the run.  :)