This week I adore....
Running
Run for the Kids #r4tk #r4tk2014 is fast approaching on April 13th.
Running
Run for the Kids #r4tk #r4tk2014 is fast approaching on April 13th.
I have been running for few years now. I started running to step my fitness up a notch. I always played sport and exercised growing up, but was never a born athlete so it was never a natural ability I posses. To say I adore running is a stretch, but the time I get to zone out with my thoughts, listen to music and the way I feel afterwards (aside from the aches and pains) makes it my regular past time.
“We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.” – Emil Zatopek
My goal us to this year run a marathon. There... I said. It's out in the open so now I guess I have to do it now. Note I'm not starting from scratch, (crazy, but not that crazy) I have run two half marathons before. So, as my first warm up for the year, to get fun-run fit, I will be running the Run for the Kids - 15km run that raises funds for the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. This is probably my favourite run - the course runs through the Domain Tunnel and over the Bolte Bridge and around the CBD. This route is a real novelty, the only time these roads are closed for foot traffic only and you see Melbourne from new perspectives.
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| 15km course map |
Steve Moneghetti, Australian marathon runner and R4TK ambassador sets a training plan for the 5km and 15km courses for those starting from scratch or getting back into running, that is published weekly in the Herald-Sun. In one of his first weekly training plans he wrote of how you are either walking or running and doesn't recognise jogging, as no matter how fast or slow you are going it is still running. I love this! It is an excellent reminder for all those giving it a go, to not be do hard on yourselves and that running is not easy and you should be proud of the effort you put in. I know I always am. We all have our own goals in running and I've always believed you are never really racing anyone but yourself.
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| Selfie after R4TK12 with Steve Moneghetti |
“It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.” – George Sheehan
My advise get out and do it! You don't have to run a marathon tomorrow or ever for that matter. It's not a race, so don't be disheartened by not running as fast or as far as others because you are better for it than yesterday and doing more than those who do not run at all...
If you have any tips or need some motivation to get going drop me a line!
Enjoy!
Megan x
“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.” -William Faulkner
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| Instapic after today's 15km run |
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