It's been 10 days since my first half marathon and several things have happened that led an acquaintance to call me "obsessed". It was said in a derogatory way like I was doing something bad. Why is it that when others do something new, some people are so quick to knock it, or try to knock it?
I am currently registered for 6 races; a 5K, three half marathons, one full marathon and a major relay race that goes from Miami all the way to the Florida Keys. So, is this an obsession? Yeah, it is but then again, SO WHAT?! I have found a new part of me that I hadn't found in 39 years and that part of me is a runner. So maybe I am a little obsessed but why would a person I barely know criticize something that is basically good for me? I don't have the answer to that and I don't mind not knowing it. I do know that I feel great. I have continued my long runs on Sundays and have my second half marathon coming up in April. I feel so great that I dared sign up for a full marathon at the end of the year. That's right, a full marathon, 26.2 miles and the woman who thought she couldn't do a half marathon clicked register without any doubt that she would cross the 26.2 finish line come December 2013. That woman is me, the runner!
MyFitnesPal and running have put me back into my pre-pregnancy jeans and I am 8 lbs shy of being where I was 3 years ago when I first got pregnant except, I'm a lot stronger and braver than I was then. And maybe I am obsessed, or maybe, just maybe, that acquaintance is lazy!
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