I have officially crossed over to being a runner. (Officially because I recognized that I'm a little obsessed with running now).
What led me to this conclusion? When I found myself setting out for a 5 mile run yesterday at 6am even though my brain didn't really want to, running up hills that I'd normally avoid, and being really, really happy about it all, I realized that I'd become a runner.
That is just one sign, however. I've also become part of the running community in my town, running with them two or three days a week. I have different kinds of runs for different days (this morning was a tempo run, which means run faster, yeah!) and I get antsy if I miss one of my runs. I even fell asleep last night thinking about running.
I love being a member of a running group. I have other people to talk about training, events we're looking at, progress, tips and training aids. (Several of them have Garmans, and I think I kinda want one now...) I've also been picking out runners in the group who are a little faster than me and trying to keep up with them so that I can end up running faster.
A few weeks ago, I fell on some stairs, and my first thought was not "Ouch, I fell down," it was "My knees! My running!"
So, yes, I am a runner.
2 comments:
Haha! Yes, you are a runner. I do the same things with yoga. For example, I was in a class at Exhale on Monday and did this one move that kind of hurt my knee. My first thought was, "dang it! padmasana!". Hehe.
I think most of us have known this for a long time. :)
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