Okay, so a few months ago, before Bri was finished with Grad school, the Knuevens asked us if we’d run the Pig Relay with them. The Pig is a marathon here in Cincinnati and not knowing any better, we agreed. Silly, silly us :)! So, here’s what I’ve learned since February about running and training…..
1. Training and running will exclusively nursing a 5 month old doesn’t work too well. I know I was bit out of shape, but seriously? I felt like I was 90!
2. Training while you have 4 kids 7 and under and a hubby in Grad school is tough. I don’t think I really started training for this until about 5 weeks ago. Mental note- I need more than 5 weeks to train for a 6.5 mile leg of a marathon. Especially since I’ve never run before
3. I’m getting old. My body is SO ridiculously tight battered when I wake up the morning after a longer run. Really. This is sad. I want to be 18 again.
4. I can do this. I think. There is a super hilly and somewhat steep road next to our street, Kipling, and my goal was to run it prior to the race and I did PLUS I ran to the park a bit further and then did the 1/2 mile loop there. I was proud of myself and it was at that moment I decided I really could manage this.
5. I ran 5 miles (which I know is a bit shy of the 6.4 miles I have to run) and didn’t die. :)
All this to say, that I am really proud of myself for working hard and doing this. I’m excited for Sunday and hopefully, I won’t make too big of a fool of myself :)!
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