Uncovering Me

My 5-year-old twins are registered for their first race… to say they are over the moon would be the understatement of the year (and that’s saying something since it’s only February)!

I’m not sure who I’m trying to impress by running fast… since no one else probably cares how fast I can run.  But everytime I do speed training I think about my junior high teacher (Miss Rushton) who told me I wasn’t built to run… so I run fast to prove her wrong… now that is some baggage!

Yikes… I never thought I’d see the day but over the last couple of weeks I started to consider running a chore. That was a wake-up call for me that I needed to take a step back and remember why I run..

When I wake up at 5am for my run… I’m hungry… sometimes I’ll have a banana but I never go without a shot of grapefruit juice… it’s tart, delicious and jam packed with vitamins and minerals!  Do you have a drink, meal or magic potion that you take before running?  If so, I’d like to hear about it!

People who fail in life are commitment-phobes… if you REALLY want something in life… you’ll figure out a way to get it… your actions will always speak louder than your words

On my last lap on the track or 100 metres on a trail run… I always give’r… often times I’m running so hard I think I might barf (but I don’t). After the run… the exhaustion is quickly replaced with an amazing adrenaline high but even more important a proud feeling of accomplishment that I pushed myself.

I feel unpatriotic when I complain about our winters… I am fully aware I live in Canada and part of being Canadian is spending six months of the year in the cold… but seriously by the time January rolls around… I’m done with winter… by April I’m soooo over it… because of the sub-zero temperatures today… it was rough to convince myself to run outside… but I did!

No question it sucks getting old… but really does it have to?

Tonight I realized what it feels like to “eat someone’s dust”.  At the local track a bunch of sprinting teens ran by me like I was standing still (but the sad thing was… I was running too… just obviously not at lightning speed like them).  These teens gave me a reality check that I’m old and not so fast after all!

I’ve always wanted to win medals… so really what is stopping me from becoming the stealth running machine I dream to be? Nothing really… so I’m going for it!