Are You Afraid?

Right now I’m nervous putting in a solid intense training block after a hip flexor injury last year. I signed up for a 10k in September and am just going for it though. Been feeling good running for the last 6 months so I think it’s time for the challenge.

This weekend is the Cabot Trail Relay Race though! I get to run the anchor leg for my team and I am psyched. It ends in the village I live in!! One big run party.

Favourite meal: glazed ham. Not good for the summer though. BBQ burgers and corn on the cob, or lobster, are always yummy.

Had a skip it, but the ankle blister causing Pogo Ball brings back childhood memories for me!

My partner and are have very different strengths so we aren’t overly competitive with each other.

How exciting, Janae! Running with faster people I think helps to challenge us and can really help us get faster! And you are so right, no runner I know has ever been annoyed if I had to slow down or stop, generally they’re happy for a little break;) or if they’re going for something, they can just keep on going too! I think runners are fine with it generally because we have all been the slower one in the pack before trying to keep up with faster paces. There will always be someone faster than us and I’m so so glad you aren’t missing out on this wonderful opportunity—> sub sub 3;)

Right now running doesn’t scare me. Since injury, I just have come back kind of fearless. I know to listen to my body but I’m much more confident in pushing myself. However! The part of my training that scares me a little is joining CrossFit. They are all so so strong and I’m not at all and its a massive challenge for me, I modify every move. For the past few times I’ve felt stupid and everyone is just so encouraging and doesn’t care what weight you use, so I need to remember they are kind and encouraging people just like runners too and I can do this and will get stronger:)

I’m actually not a watermelon fan, I think I’ve had a few of them that were not ripe and so I just don’t care to find a ripe one now, haha.

My fiancé and I aren’t competitive with each other at all. We push each other and motivate each other, but since we met I’ve been a runner and he’s been a power lifter. But, he also runs too a few times a week but not for speed, and now I lift but very light weights just for a little strength. So it’s nice that we can enjoy each others main sport and encourage us to be the best but we are just on such different levels that it doesnt really make us competitive:)

Haha, sorry this has been a long post!

Currently I probably get the most nervous for speed work. But that’s because I just need to change my mindset from “I am slow, always have been, always will be.” To “If I put in the work anything is possible!” Summer foods to me are salads for sure. And peaches! Peaches are the best part about summer. I was a big fan of Barbies growing up and hoola hoops! My husband and I are competitive in two things. Pickle ball and guessing baby genders. He comes from a big family so we guess baby genders a LOT. So we usually make bets too so whoever wins gets to pick a treat of some sort.

that is incredible that Brooke’s school did a marathon challenge. What are the chances? Also totally feel you on the running with other people thing. When I am the slower one, I get self conscious, but when I am the faster one, I am totally happy to go at the speed of a friend. Funny how perspective works :)

Brooke is amazing! Please tell her congrats! That determination on yours and Andrew’s faces is hilarious! I would have never thought to check out ebay for lip gloss! Genius! Super exciting and very sweet he did that for you!
I used to be very scared to run with other people until I ran with an amazing group on trails. The speedy waited for the slower people at intersections so no one got lost, everyone had someone to run with and everyone was so encouraging and kind. I have speedy friends I run with and I’m always intimidated but I know they value our time together more than pace. If we’re going to do speed work, we meet at a track and run our own paces. Same with hill work. That way we’re not alone per-say and we get to run our own workout.
Something else that scares me is running a new route alone. I’m also paranoid to run trails alone in the early am. Today though I ran a new route in a different neighborhood and it was great! Got hissed at by a Goose but didn’t get attacked (score!), saw 3 other runners and didn’t get lost!
Favorite meal – always and forever tacos, pizza, all things BBQ, all things fruit.
Have a great day!

I had a Skip It as a kid and loved it! I remember playing with it with a friend down the street in the driveway. We’d go for as long as we could and then the other person would have a turn. Isn’t it funny the things we remember from way back then?

For me, the thing that makes me nervous is running in public. I am pretty big for a runner and it’s easy to get self-conscious when you’re surrounded by much smaller, fitter-looking people. This drives me to do it anyway because I know that 99% of people couldn’t care less and the rest aren’t my problem anyway.

It is sooo sweet that Andrew order you your favorite lip glosses. It is so wonderful when spouses care about things that are important to you, even if they might not understand it themselves. What a keeper!

Andrew is definitely a keeper and knows the way to your heart, haha ;) Congrats to Brooke! What a huge accomplishment and it seems like she already has your love of running, which is awesome. I feel like sometimes I am slower running and it makes me not want to run with other people because I might slow them down. But exactly like you said, us runners are very accepting people. Every time I have went with a group that I have had that fear of slowing them down, I have a great time. Runners in general are just an awesome group of people! Wilmington, DE