Sometimes getting into running can be hard. Often times when I try to coerce friends and colleagues into running with me, I get the “I can’t run more than a mile,” “I only run from the cops,” and the best one, “I don’t run for fun” at which point I call it their loss and go running.
This last week hasn’t been my proudest as far as building miles up. Battling with a knee possibly injury, I have opted to swim all week in order to save a useless trip to the doctor who will inevitably tell me to rest my knee and try swimming.
Because I am not running, it seems natural that my motivation would take it pretty hard. That was, until I came across this blog: Run Lindsay, Run. This is a blog about a girl who admits to being a couch potato and is determined to run an 18 mile race in October. It’s the triumphs in others that make me proud to be the runner I am. As far as not running, I’ll just have to wait it out and keep swimming.
Follow Lindsay’s blog and help her to succeed in the race.
After taking some blogging time off in the last couple of months, I am happy to report my return to Erin Go Run. Luckily, its just blogging that I’ve been lazy on. As for training, I have been running through the usual aches and pains, an injury or two, the rain, January San Diego heat, and taken up several extra-curricular activities to add some variety to my life.
I am also proud to report that I have taken up coaching in the smallest degree, helping my roommates train for the upcoming Mud Run this June. I haven’t been as stringent on the 6am wake up calls as of yet, but that is soon to start once I can get myself out of bed.
As for now, I am possibly going to run a half marathon this Sunday and a 5k in April. I suppose spontaneity is my goal as far as races this year; save for the Seattle Marathon I am already signed up for in late June.
Finally, as a quick update, I am looking to head to graduate school this fall, and most likely in a location that doesn’t have the same winters as San Diego. Therefore, I am looking for any type of advice on how to dress, how to stay motivated, and how to survive in winter weather while still keeping up with my intense running schedule. Which brings me to this post at Team Cross Runs. This post discusses how to survive a run in -21 degree weather…
… Sounds brutal.
