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April 8, 2011
It’s weird.
I think I’m in the best shape of my life.
I had a baby 3 months ago and last night, I ran 30 minutes straight for the first time in my life.
Ever.
Oh, and it’s not just “a baby 3 months ago”. It’s my TENTH baby 3 months ago. Which makes me old AND feeble. And questionably sane.
My dad wants me to say that I JOGGED for 30 minutes last night but that’s an outdated term now which suits me fine because “running” sounds like I’m going so much faster and harder than I am. And that makes me feel good.
But really? My mile time is just sad.
SO sad that I won’t even tell you what it is.
Walkers may pass me when I finally get to jog run a 5k race this summer.
It’ll be embarrassing but I’m not going to let it bother me.
Too much.
I won’t be running it to be fast and win.
I’ll be running it to accomplish something challenging that I am hooked on.
And 10-Year-Old will be running it with me, albeit probably WAY ahead of me, snickering under his breath and not wanting to be seen with me.
But that’s okay. I’ll just wave at the grandmothers passing me in their walkers and smile at the babies crawling past me in their diapers and know that I can run a 5k without stopping.
Also? I make milk too, so my superhero costume is coming in the mail.
Should be here soon.
You are couragous, perservering and an inspiration. I am proud of you; you are not a quitter(and you could have easily been with all the problems you encountered in your pursuit to become a runner). Keep on keeping-on! You will have accomplished a great thing, as a homeschooling mother of 10, and it will provide satisfication and you can be proud of this accomplishment, and I’m certain that there will be 11 others in your family who admire and respect what you are doing. They are seeing a living lab…don’t quit, work hard, “I can, I can”!
Palmettoboy
I’m reading! And I’m impressed! Keep up the good work!