Running of the Bride
I’m finding with the wedding drawing closer and closer each day, my fitness goals seem harder to reach. I had been constantly trying to figure out how to add more cardio to my workouts to supplement my personal training sessions. Go to a class you might say? I don’t belong to a gym, and sadly, I’ve worked my JM Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism DVD into the ground.
So I did what thousands of people before have done. I laced up my shoes and hit the ground running. There are a few things you should understand about me though. When I say running… I mean jogging. Never in a million years did I think I could or would be one of “those people”; runners are an intense set of folks. Some of them run over 26 miles…ALL AT ONE TIME!!! I’d tell myself “I’ve had a knee surgery, countless ankle injuries and that I just can’t see the joy in endlessly running”. All excuses to avoid giving it a go because I simply thought I couldn’t do it.
During one of my earlier training sessions with my trainer he had us get on the treadmill. “Oh no, I protested, I can’t do that…I’m not a runner”. After we ran a mile I thought, “Hey! I can do this!…maybe I could be one of them!”. Since that day I’ve been finding more and more reasons to jump on the treadmill after a training session or to just get running in general. I’m even considering a 5k in October!
What has really helped me the most? Indie Runner Soup. It’s a podcast on Itunes and I can’t get enough of it. I found it over a year ago and always wanted a reason to listen to it but since I wasn’t a runner I settled for listening to it in my car or on the elliptical (which just isn’t the same). In fact, I’m willing to say that a fair amount of my reason for trying running in the first place was the podcast! Yes, my name is Ms. D’orsay and I run because of a podcast.
My personal faves? The Heat Stroker Mix and the 2 HR Best of ISR.
Anyone else pick up a new activity or hobby during wedding prep?
August 12th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I’ll have to check out the Indie Runner Soup, I can always use inspiration to get me off my butt and out running. Blogging is actually a new hobby that I picked up during wedding prep, I think a lot of other smaller hobbies that I had kinda grew into giant monsters that have taken over my life…
Thanks for your sweet comments, I’d love to go out for coffee sometime! I work right near Columbia so maybe some weeknight (or weekend) we could meet up!