Birthday Reflections from a Runner

Good morning all!
Happy 39th to me. My oldest daughter has been sick so we slept together in the spare room last night. She woke at 4:30 and asked for water, and when I returned from the kitchen she said excitedly, “Happy Birthday, mommy!” Then she had a hard time going back to sleep!

I can’t believe I’m 25 30 , well, okay, 39! I’m always amazed each year about how quickly the time goes by in life. About how one day we are thinking we want children and the next we have two.  About how one day we are considering career options and the next day we are celebrating our tenth year anniversary at the same company.

It all happens so quickly! Today I was considering how much running is like life. How the same things that apply to running can apply to life, and vice versa, so today, on my off day of running (I worked on abs and arms instead), I will write about the similarities between running and life.

Hoping you enjoy your day as much as I will. Today is:  Penneys to spend that gift card I got for christmas; grocery store; and then hanging with the family. Tonight: Enjoying some Cab (my round of antibiotics for the bronchitis are over, yay, I can partake in a few glasses of red!) and catching up on the shows that I always tape but never get to watch. Tomorrow we leave for my mom’s house for the weekend. Will post pictures!

How Life and Running are Alike:

1. To live a good life you have to overcome the obstacles that you come to as you travel, and get back out and do it again even if it takes you down once in a while. Same with running. To have a good run you have to tackle the obstacles and get back out there the next day if the run is a bad one.
2. In life you have to think positively in order to live the happiest of lives. Same with running-if you want to have a good run, you have to keep positive thoughts on your mind. The minute you begin to think negatively is the minute the run turns sour.
3. Good friends are important in life, as they are in good runs. They don’t even have to run with you-or run at all! How many times have you spent a good run considering your friends: their generosities, their quirks, their caring.
4. In life, when something goes bad you have to consider why it went bad and then make changes so this doesn’t happen again. Same with running. If you have a bad run, why was it bad? What can make it better? What should you do the same and what should you change?
5. Life;s challenges make us stronger. Same with running. You may think you can’t run 26.2. You can. You just have to grow stronger in your conviction that you can.

Hoping all of your runs on my birthday are great ones!

Other News:
We are finishing up the first issue of Active Women’s Network. This is an exciting endeavour and I can’t wait to hear your thoughts. This month we are focusing on the core. I interviewed a great lady today who offered wonderful informatoin about pilates, the core, and why it should be strengthened (and not just because you want to look good in a bikini, though that certainly doesn’t hurt!)

Happy Running!