Running reluctance- April 17, 2012
August was the start of my 30th year. On my birthday I woke up and walked the beach quietly, ready to start a new decade of my life. Later that morning Greyson and I bought cinnamon buns from a local bakery. That day we laid in the sand and played with our baby.
Ahhh! Hello 30!
A decision I made yesterday will mean the start of 31 will be completely different. I signed up for the BlogHer ’12 5K on the morning of my birthday this year.
Now let me be clear. For most of my life I would only ever run if someone were chasing me. I hate to run. It’s boring to me. I would rather go to the dentist than run. I would pick cleaning the house over jogging. I would do math before I…okay wait, never mind.
Maybe it’s because I’m on this big life improvement kick, but for some reason the other day I told Greyson I was going to go for a run. He looked up at me and said with surprise, “Really? Okay!” I gotta tell you. It felt good.
Maybe it’s the new breath of life I’ve felt since starting a new job, but I’m psyched for a lot of things. I signed up to go to BlogHer ’12. It’s one of the world’s biggest blogging conferences and I’m taking myself and my little blog to New York City to learn from the best. It’s silly, but I feel like the conference is just a little extra special for me. IT’S DURING MY BIRTHDAY! I know turning 31 really isn’t that big of a deal, but this trip is a big deal for me. I get to go on a big adventure in the big city. It’s the first birthday I’ve ever spent away from family and friends. I will miss them, but I want to stretch and grow my abilities to write and reach people.
This also means I will need to stretch and grow my physical fitness before running in this race. Oh, did I forget to mention it starts at 6:30am? Yeah, I bet about 2 miles into my birthday run I’ll be longing for the cinnamon roll of the year before. Aw! Listen to me! Choosing the discipline of running over the indulgence of baked goods…someone is becoming a grown up!
Spread it around:
I’m “running” the 5K too! Good luck and congrats on the new chapter in your life.
You are! That’s awesome! We’ll have to look for each other, Dana. Nice to meet you. I’ll swing by “your place”.
We’ll just party extra hard AFTER your run!
So excited.
Woop woop! We’ll be drinking mimosas to celebrate!
Congrats! What a great birthday resolution. Plus, just think how amazing that cinnamon roll is going to taste after the 5K.
Right!? Mmmm…NYC cinnamon buns, no less.