Lunchbox66
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2021
Introduction
This is my first training journal 1) on a public forum and 2) about running. My belief in starting this, like most I’m sure, is that it will help motivate me to get the workouts in and progress.
A little bit about myself, I just turned 34 and am currently in the US Navy. I chose this forum because after my first trip to Disney, since I was 12, with my wife in 2018 for our belated honeymoon, I am now a Disney fanatic (she always was), it’s the most magical place on Earth. I’ve always been athletic, studied martial arts and play ice hockey as a child, and still play beer league hockey. I ran when I needed to train for those sports but never kept with it or really enjoyed it (I think because I just pushed myself to miserable exhaustion every run, something I still struggle with and am hoping to work on). I attended a military college where we ran quite a bit and my mile time was around 5:30 at one point. After I graduated and went into the military I have run as much as needed to pass the physical requirements, but not much more.
I have never competed/ran any actual races, always just out of necessity for my sport or job, except the McGuire’s 5k in Pensacola, FL several times, which is really just walking to get to the beer (If you’ve ever been to it you know it).
As happens, I’ve gotten into a rut of stagnation, with a lot of stress and more anxiety recently. I’ve had horrible lifestyle habits and a horrible diet for the past couple years. I have trouble doing any sort of workout if it’s not goal oriented, so I finally thought why don’t I start training for the runDisney events, so I can merge my favorite hobby and place with physical and mental improvement…. so here I am. My other problem??? you might call it, is I can’t do anything halfway, it’s 100% or nothing, so I hope to start becoming more educated on running… right now the only I’ve learned my entire life is run as fast as you can as far and long as you can.
Sadly, due to my current schedule for the next year or so I can’t commit to any upcoming runDisney events before they would sell out, although haven’t ruled out virtual races, but anything is possible. If you took the time to read this, thank you, and I hope to learn from everyone here.
Funny…. I never thought I’d think to myself, “I want to run a marathon someday.”
Current Goals (In Flux)
1. Complete a runDisney 5k
2. Complete a runDisney 10k
3. Complete a runDisney Half Marathon
This is my first training journal 1) on a public forum and 2) about running. My belief in starting this, like most I’m sure, is that it will help motivate me to get the workouts in and progress.
A little bit about myself, I just turned 34 and am currently in the US Navy. I chose this forum because after my first trip to Disney, since I was 12, with my wife in 2018 for our belated honeymoon, I am now a Disney fanatic (she always was), it’s the most magical place on Earth. I’ve always been athletic, studied martial arts and play ice hockey as a child, and still play beer league hockey. I ran when I needed to train for those sports but never kept with it or really enjoyed it (I think because I just pushed myself to miserable exhaustion every run, something I still struggle with and am hoping to work on). I attended a military college where we ran quite a bit and my mile time was around 5:30 at one point. After I graduated and went into the military I have run as much as needed to pass the physical requirements, but not much more.
I have never competed/ran any actual races, always just out of necessity for my sport or job, except the McGuire’s 5k in Pensacola, FL several times, which is really just walking to get to the beer (If you’ve ever been to it you know it).
As happens, I’ve gotten into a rut of stagnation, with a lot of stress and more anxiety recently. I’ve had horrible lifestyle habits and a horrible diet for the past couple years. I have trouble doing any sort of workout if it’s not goal oriented, so I finally thought why don’t I start training for the runDisney events, so I can merge my favorite hobby and place with physical and mental improvement…. so here I am. My other problem??? you might call it, is I can’t do anything halfway, it’s 100% or nothing, so I hope to start becoming more educated on running… right now the only I’ve learned my entire life is run as fast as you can as far and long as you can.
Sadly, due to my current schedule for the next year or so I can’t commit to any upcoming runDisney events before they would sell out, although haven’t ruled out virtual races, but anything is possible. If you took the time to read this, thank you, and I hope to learn from everyone here.
Funny…. I never thought I’d think to myself, “I want to run a marathon someday.”
Current Goals (In Flux)
1. Complete a runDisney 5k
2. Complete a runDisney 10k
3. Complete a runDisney Half Marathon
