Ok, so all this training has caught on with my family. My kids have now caught the OCR (Obstacle Course Racing) bug as well! George, my 14 year old son is running Warrior Dash and Rugged Maniac with us at the end of September on back-to-back Saturdays. Morgan has signed up to run the Spartan Race kids' race at Fenway Park with us in November! Now we are all running, training, and climbing to reach our goals.
This has to be some of the most exciting time for us...Here's to running and being healthy - AND conquering our fears!!!
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Training in Earnest
Okay, so I have never considered myself a runner...I am still not sure that I do, since I just began. But I have committed myself to this journey and will see it through. My first mud run is 26 days away...and I am starting to be nervous. But I guess I should start at the beginning.
My husband decided that he wanted to run an obstacle/mud race, and convinced me to sign up with him. So...I did. Warrior Dash, I have been told, is a great entry-level race to get one's feet wet (pun intended) for obstacle races. With a length of 3.1 miles it should be a manageable run especially since there are several obstacles to break up the actual running. Mud, walls, tires, barbed wire, mud, cars, fire, and oh yeah, mud are all included in the course. Runners have to scramble over, under, and through obstacles in order to complete the race. It will be interesting to compete - I am looking forward to it with some trepidation.
I have been working with a personal trainer once a week for about two months, now. My body looks and feels the best it has in years, and I am looking forward to continuing the transformation. I never knew how strong I really could be until I flipped a tractor tire for several feet! Today, for the first time, I have run almost a continuous mile. I continued on my chosen course (total length of about 2.5 miles) by running intervals until I returned home. It was one of my greatest achievements - I have never run like that in my life.
Tomorrow I hope to push myself to run at least 1.5 continuous miles (I would like to push for two, but boxing class is tomorrow night, and I don't want to be exhausted before the fun begins!)
I hope to complete Warrior Dash with a roar in my throat. In September, Rugged Maniac awaits...and next year the Tough Mudder beckons (for my 40th!). Perhaps, sometime in the near future, I will work up to a marathon.
We'll see...one mile at a time.
My husband decided that he wanted to run an obstacle/mud race, and convinced me to sign up with him. So...I did. Warrior Dash, I have been told, is a great entry-level race to get one's feet wet (pun intended) for obstacle races. With a length of 3.1 miles it should be a manageable run especially since there are several obstacles to break up the actual running. Mud, walls, tires, barbed wire, mud, cars, fire, and oh yeah, mud are all included in the course. Runners have to scramble over, under, and through obstacles in order to complete the race. It will be interesting to compete - I am looking forward to it with some trepidation.
I have been working with a personal trainer once a week for about two months, now. My body looks and feels the best it has in years, and I am looking forward to continuing the transformation. I never knew how strong I really could be until I flipped a tractor tire for several feet! Today, for the first time, I have run almost a continuous mile. I continued on my chosen course (total length of about 2.5 miles) by running intervals until I returned home. It was one of my greatest achievements - I have never run like that in my life.
Tomorrow I hope to push myself to run at least 1.5 continuous miles (I would like to push for two, but boxing class is tomorrow night, and I don't want to be exhausted before the fun begins!)
I hope to complete Warrior Dash with a roar in my throat. In September, Rugged Maniac awaits...and next year the Tough Mudder beckons (for my 40th!). Perhaps, sometime in the near future, I will work up to a marathon.
We'll see...one mile at a time.
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