One evening, after a glass of wine or two at a neighbourhood Cinco de Mayo party, I suddenly found myself entering into a non-refutable pact to run a half-marathon in September with a group of women I had just met. Now this might not sound like such a strange proposal. In fact, many many people run half-marathons every year and survive. I however, like to drink. Let's just get that out there now so that its over with. I like to occassionally smoke too. And I like to stay up late at dark lounges and dance. These things are not usually followed by an early morning fitness session of any sort, other than standing up and getting to the couch, where my lovely husband brings me toast and coffee.
This drastic promise, comes with drastic measures, which means no drinking, no smoking, no late, late nights unless its a movie, and lots of running.
Yes, I am a beginner runner. I have tested the running waters in the past, even finishing a 10K once upon a time, but for all intensive purposes I am a newbie to really long distance running. Since I now must take this seriously, as my pact is non-breakable, I have decided to blog about it. I promise, this won't be just another running blog logging kilometres and talking myself up (although I might occassionally have an egomaniacal moment). This journey will include a lot of pain, a lot of learning and a lot of long lonely kilometres on the road, thinking about what I'm going to write here!
Okay, shoes...check....shorts....check....ipod....check....waterbottle.................darn, where the heck is it...............................................................
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As Bruce Springsteen sang, some people are Born To Run.....others are not. Here is the story of an ordinary shoe-aholic in an unordinary pair of shoes: running shoes.
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