Don’t worry, I am. But let’s get serious for a minute here.
I kind of snarked on running two minutes at a timeyesterday, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since I hit “publish”.
I’m a very sarcastic person by nature. I know you’re all probably shocked by this news.
The truth is, I’m thrilledat this point to be running any amount of time at all, be it 30 minutes of 2 minutes of running and 1 minute of walking, or 10 straight miles. This whole injury/recovery process has been a really humbling experience for me because I think at a certain point I started to take running for granted. I was naturally decent at it, and so I pushed and pushed and pushed… and fell apart.
I had pretty grand plans for this year in terms of running, and being injured has shelved every single one of them. It’s taken a lot of back and forth inside my brain, but ultimately I’m ok with that. Am I still going to mentally fall apart from time to time? Yeah, probably. I’m a pretty emotionally driven person. But overall I feel like being injured has taught me to really appreciate a lot of different aspects of my life.
Running 30 minutes of 2 minutes running, 1 minute walking soundslike a walk in the park. Even as I’m typing it I mentally am thinking how easy that little of running is. But honestly, it’s hard. Especially because I’m correcting my running form in the process. I’m sore in places that I’ve never been sore before from running. I’m out of breath after 10 minutes of run/walking. I’m sweating up a storm after 45 minutes… and only 20 of those minutes were spent running at a pace that is not usually a fast pace for me. And honestly, I couldn’t be happier.
On top of that, I can’t even begin to describe how grateful I am for all of y’alls support. It’s been incredibly moving, and I am filled with an amazing gratitude for the blog world and for all of you people out there that have offered words of inspiration, sent me encouraging emails, and tweeted me to congratulate me on finally getting to a point where I’m doing any running at all.
There’s no real point to this post, other than to say THANK YOU and to say that even if I’m not running marathons right now, I still love running. You guys are awesome.
Happy Friday!
I am glad I can inspire you.
you are not included in this.
and thanks for listening to me complain at work.
I didn’t even take the 2 minutes running as a snarky comment, I just giggled. I’m so glad you are back to running… seriously you can run walk and we can play tag.
i would love to play tag! next blogger meet-up. let’s make it happen.
So amazing, so freaking amazing.
You’re on your way!!! Wahoo!!
So happy for you, friend! <3
thank you for your unwavering support throughout. you seriously have been amazing.
*Teary*
So happy for you, friend. So so happy. <3
I am excited for you! I look forward to seeing your progress.
I’m soooo happy your are running again!! Even if it’s for 2 minutes – that better than nothing
AMEN to that!
I don’t know all of the details about your injury, but I wanted to let you know I am thinking of you and wishing you well! I am sidelined myself for the rest of this year and who knows how long after that, I am afraid so I can completely relate to how you are feeling. And yes, this community we are part of is nothing short of amazing. You’ll be in my thoughts and best wishes as you get back into running – your small but sure steps I know will serve as an inspiration to me in the future!
ah! what an incredible comment! i am so sorry to hear that you are injured as well, and i hope that yours goes better than mine has been going. however i can tell you that after 6 months of battling an injury i’m still alive (contrary to what i thought 5 months ago haha) so i know you’ll fly through your injury as well. wishing you the best!!