Memoirs? maybe not quite!
Anyways...... today was AWESOME. I think I experienced every emotion possible today.
I was EXCITED to be doing my first fun run.
I was ANXIOUS, what if I'd bitten of more than I could chew.
I was super PUMPED being amongst 33,000 people who'd signed up to do the run.
As I waited in the crowd, for the movement to begin, I felt a sense of being OVERWHELMED by the emotion of I'm really doing this.
It was so exciting the sense of doing something 100% for myself. Not reporting to anyone else, no one else cares if I do it or not, I care, only me.
I mean, Christmas, birthdays, family holidays, and other random occasion are special and you feel great when your family has a fantastic time, sharing the love and you think, gosh I'm lucky, what a great day.
But I got to feel all those emotions without having to check if anyone else was ok, did anybody need anything, a drink, a nappy change!
And even though I was on my own journey I was surrounded by thousands of people, and they were all faced with the same challenges. I felt like I was surrounded by friends.
Image: Herald Sun
So whilst years gone by I see people sweating it out and I think, "Crazy people, you'll never catch me doing that" well now I'm officially one of those crazy people. I'm hooked, I want more. I can't wait to do it again next year. And in the mean time I'm motivated to keep improving myself. I'll probably sign up for a few more fun runs throughout the year.
Who'd have thought only a month ago I would hyperventilate if I ran to the end of my street. Today I estimate I ran 3/4 of the 14.38km and whilst the official times will be published in the paper on Tuesday I did this fun run in under 2 hours. Estimate: 1 hour and 50 minutes.
Today has been one of those days, when you feel reinvented, I did something I've never done before, something I didn't think I would ever be able to do.
I'm so proud of me! lol! No seriously though I really am.
Thank you to my family and friends who have passed on motivating support along the way, I hope this is just the begining.
Cheers
Note: Some may scoff but having this mere little blog helped me today, helped me to run when I was tired. I kept thinking as I ran, what am I going to write about in this blog post? Then I'd talk to myself, thinking, I'll write about my emotions and then I'd think about what those emotions were. Had I not had this blog, I probably would have reverted back to the 'move your arse you slack ***' now let's be honest, what is more motivating??????
Well done mandy - loved the blog post! See you next year - keep running! :)
ReplyDeleteWell done Mandy, love reading your blog. Was my first fun run and i had the same feelings, "could I, should I" and you know what, I did and it felt wonderful. Like you, I want more ..... regards Cheryl
ReplyDeleteThat's brilliant, Mandy. What a crazy, fun, amazing experience. I have a feeling this might not be your first and last!! Well done!! x
ReplyDeleteMandy, I found your blog so inspirational. Well done on your first fun run and your right...you should be so proud of yourself. Trish
ReplyDeleteI have just found your blog via Maxabella. I love it... and then I saw your running journal- I too have been on a running journey since last year. I's certainly addictive!
ReplyDeleteI ran the run for the kids, and am doing the MS run too!
Congratulations! Great job describing your run. Having to write about things motivates me, too! --Visiting from the Rewind.
ReplyDeleteWell done, that's a great time for a first timer. Loved you 'note' at the bottom.
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Impressive performance! I have done a few fun runs but nothing over 10kms. I hope to crack it next year but I always seem to peter out with my training during winter and our 14km run is in August. Sigh. Thanks for Rewinding. I will think of your motivating post tomorrow morning when I am out on the trail x
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your run! So will you do it again next year? I'm still very much at the lazy stage :)
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I know this is an older post, but congrats! When did you start training and how did you work up to the full run. Maybe silly questions, but I would love to be one of those "crazy people" as you describe and I cannot seem to stick with it. Because it is not fun at first!
ReplyDeleteHi Rose. I wasn't ready. I trained for a month before my first race. I'd been conned into doing the 14kms and was absolutely adament I wouldn't run much of it, but I knew I could walk it without a worry. But on the day, I was really emotional, and that is what got me through. Being surrounded by all those people doing the same thing. To this day that first run was my favourite. I'm looking forward to doing it again in March. Even though I'm again feeling very unfit. I'm heading back to the gym again next week and trying to remotivate myself. I want to find out if I just loved the run because I was full of adrenilin because it was my first or because it was a really good run. Running on city link is great. Good luck, it is hard work, I do feel good afterwards for having done it, but it's still hard to motivate myself when I've got so much going on at home.
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