StacyStrong
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 8, 2018
Hello!
First, let me introduce myself. I am a 30 year old from Chicago (born and raised!) who very recently moved about 30 minutes outside of Chicago (sad face).
(Pictured: Myself and my boyfriend, Jose, of ~7.5 years)
Last year, I was reflecting on the fact that I would be turning 30 in January 2019 and had a minor freak out. Basically, I realized that I worked from home and spent way too much time doing...nothing. Basically, I sat around a lot and was gaining weight. I realized that something needed to change. I desperately needed to get moving and get healthier. I seriously asked myself "WHAT AM I EVEN DOING WITH MY LIFE???"
A friend of mine runs Disney races almost yearly and asked me to join her at the 2019 Star Wars race weekend and I decided that this was as good of a reason as any to motivate myself to start MOVING more. I began my journey at the end of March 2018.
I realize that it's WAY TOO LATE to start a training journal for the 10k this April, but I plan on registering for the Hot Chocolate 15k in November and the Princess Half (maybe challenge???) in February 2020. I still have a LOT to learn about running, my fitness, and what I'm capable of, so I figured I might as well start this!
One reason why I wanted to start this is because I am still VERY self conscious of how...slow... I am. From the age of 4-17, I played soccer and was often on more than one traveling team at a time. After high school, I stopped playing and with it, stopped working out and running. I'm hoping that this will show me just how much progress I am making, even if it's slow.
In my next post, I hope to document where I started and my most recent runs. I hope you all (anyone there???) will join me in this journey!!
First, let me introduce myself. I am a 30 year old from Chicago (born and raised!) who very recently moved about 30 minutes outside of Chicago (sad face).
(Pictured: Myself and my boyfriend, Jose, of ~7.5 years)
A friend of mine runs Disney races almost yearly and asked me to join her at the 2019 Star Wars race weekend and I decided that this was as good of a reason as any to motivate myself to start MOVING more. I began my journey at the end of March 2018.
I realize that it's WAY TOO LATE to start a training journal for the 10k this April, but I plan on registering for the Hot Chocolate 15k in November and the Princess Half (maybe challenge???) in February 2020. I still have a LOT to learn about running, my fitness, and what I'm capable of, so I figured I might as well start this!
One reason why I wanted to start this is because I am still VERY self conscious of how...slow... I am. From the age of 4-17, I played soccer and was often on more than one traveling team at a time. After high school, I stopped playing and with it, stopped working out and running. I'm hoping that this will show me just how much progress I am making, even if it's slow.
In my next post, I hope to document where I started and my most recent runs. I hope you all (anyone there???) will join me in this journey!!
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