Showing posts with label running. Show all posts
Showing posts with label running. Show all posts

Monday, November 18, 2013

Color Run

Before the run
Have you heard of the Color Run? For my birthday this year I decided that I wanted to do something fun and healthy. So Kurtis and I ran the color run together. And honestly I can't remember what he did for the rest of the day because it was so long ago.

This was out first 5k, and it really helped us catch the running bug. Which to be honest I am still not completely in love with. The thing that I love so much about themed races, is the fact that you are have fun. And thus, completely forgetting that you are running.

Now that Kurtis and I have done 3 themed races, I have come to the conclusion that neither of us are particularly good looking while running. I mean let's be honest, no one really is. The only people who look beautiful after running for 3 plus miles are ridiculously good looking people who don't sweat, and are always smiling.

BTW my theighs are not that big, those are packets of color!



Crossing the finish line together!


If you ever see pictures that the organizations themselves post on Facebook, or on their websites. They are always of happy, smiling, beautiful people, who look even more amazing covered in mud, and or colored chalk. I mean come on ! I see these pictures on Pinterest of amazingly beautiful people running and it gives me false hope.  A hope that if I sign up for this race, I too will be beautiful, fit, and look even more adorable covered in Color. And soon my adorable picture will be all over the internet and I will be the new face of whatever themed race I choose... This my friends is not true. And for proof I submit these photos to the jury.

I guess it is true... the camera adds 10 pounds and ruins my self confidence.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Running

I have been running pretty regualrly for the last six weeks or so
Everyone keeps telling me about "runners high", at first when someone mentioned this to me, I thought "great I finally have an excuse to use controlled substances while exercising."  However, I have come to understand, that a runners high is unfortuanitly not smoking pot while running, but a rush of endorphins that creates a sence of well being.
I have been waiting  and praying for this runners high to hit, but it hasn't. I have come to accept the fact I really don't like running and I probably never will. Running is a means to an end for me, I need to get fit, and I need to be healthy, so a few times a week I throw on my fancy pants sneakers that the hubsadoodle picked out for me (because in his former pre-law life he worked at The Sports Authority) and hit the road.
While I don't enjoy the running, I do enjoy the sound of my feet hitting the pavement, I like looking down at Audrey Dog, and let her pull me along, I do enjoy the moment when all of the worries and stress melt away, and I guess that is a high enough for me.

Before Run

After Run