the streak.

I did it! 7 days, 7 miles, one mile everyday.

it wasn't for me.

my body doesn't like doing lots of short bits of running, much better at a longer stretch but not every day.

the streak DID, however, get my running back on track.

I've kept going. bought new shoes (that hopefully don't give me tendonitis like my Half ones did.)

I have registered for races.

I have set out the training plan.

And I'm on my way to my second half marathon in October!

going streaking...?

I promised a play by play..

but quite frankly I don't remember much-even if you would have asked me a week later.

It feels a bit like my wedding. I remember certain moments.
some flash back at weird times.
but overall I just remember the feelings of pain, pushing, achievement.

K'naan Wavin' Flag started playing on my phone the other day.

this is the song that I downloaded as I was waiting for my corral to be called.
it felt like the right song.

I listened to it a million times on repeat throughout the race.

it pushed me when my This American Life podcast just didn't.

as it came on my ipod three days ago emotions and memories came flooding back like a montage
(even rocky had a montage...)

I also am kind of thinking that my race was between me, the road and the thousands of other runners that I passed and was passed by that day.
It feels a little private.

I haven't run much since then.

I even said to Luke this morning that I can't even remember who that girl was who trained and stayed focused for 4 longs months and pushed herself to run 13.1 freaking miles.

who was she?

I miss her.

and so I'm leeching inspiration off of Meg and am going to concentrate March on rocking out my body. (there's not much else going on for me in March.)

I feel infinitely better about everything in my life after my early morning run.

I really do.

Also, have you heard of running streaks? Apparently its a thing. 

I read an article about it this morning and I am intrigued.

I'm going to start with a small goal, just 7 days. at least one mile everyday. 

and then maybe more?

I was supposed to run 3 this morning. I talked myself out of it, then read this article and went out and did 1. Though less than I wanted, 7 miles this week would be far more than I've done since the 8th of January.

So for now I'm going to try to streak. 

I have a 10k in the beginning of May, and a 5k for the week after that.
Friends have motivated me, and I can't wait to get back into it.

So 7 days. 7 miles. here we go.