The view of the ocean on a cold stormy day....
I just ran my third 1/2 marathon today....this was by far the worse weather I have run in...but as I said to the women I was running with - anyone who trains can run on a sunny beautiful day...it takes character to run in 40 degree weather and rain/winds.
We ran in Asbury Park New Jersey. At least a mile of the run (each lap) was along the water. On a stormy, cold day, the waves were so high, dark and ominous, that it kept my full attention during that mile of each lap I did.
It is amazing to run in a 1/2 marathon, especially if you go down with a group of women and laugh harder than you have in months, support each other through the run and spend time getting to know people better than you thought you knew them.
The other amazing part of running in a 1/2 marathon is studying the people who are also running-they come in all shapes, sizes and ages. For the most part (other than the first few who run the whole marathon route in two hours), the runners are not about winning, but about beating their own time. The competition is truly between you and yourself.
I wish I could capture in words the feeling you have as you come upon the finish line and people you don't even know are cheering you on to get through the last 100 feet of your journey. It is definitely painful at times, but it is well worth it to feel as though you have accomplished something outside of being a mom, a professional, a friend, a daughter.
We ran in Asbury Park New Jersey. At least a mile of the run (each lap) was along the water. On a stormy, cold day, the waves were so high, dark and ominous, that it kept my full attention during that mile of each lap I did.
It is amazing to run in a 1/2 marathon, especially if you go down with a group of women and laugh harder than you have in months, support each other through the run and spend time getting to know people better than you thought you knew them.
The other amazing part of running in a 1/2 marathon is studying the people who are also running-they come in all shapes, sizes and ages. For the most part (other than the first few who run the whole marathon route in two hours), the runners are not about winning, but about beating their own time. The competition is truly between you and yourself.
I wish I could capture in words the feeling you have as you come upon the finish line and people you don't even know are cheering you on to get through the last 100 feet of your journey. It is definitely painful at times, but it is well worth it to feel as though you have accomplished something outside of being a mom, a professional, a friend, a daughter.
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