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| ...for fulfillment! |
Today is National Running Day!! I logged my 6 miles this
morning on the treadmill while watching the documentary Desert Runners. This
movie inspired me to write this blog post today because I think my goals have
changed quite a bit from when I started training for my first marathon. I’ve
said many times that my first marathon was for me, to prove to myself that I
could do it. Well, now I know I can do it. I’ve done it 3 times!! My continued
pursuit of running, training for marathons, and pushing myself farther now
comes from something innate within me.
In the beginning posts of this blog, I talk about the person
I used to be; always scared of life. I felt crippled by my inadequacies and therefore,
frozen in time, unable to move forward. It was no easy task working through
this. It was a journey that took several years; several years of soul searching
and rediscovery that ultimately made me who I am today. I’ve learned a lot
about this “new” me over the years and my triumph over training and running my
first marathon has taught me that my running adventures fulfill me.
Every run is an adventure. Every race. Every marathon. No
one run is ever the same as the last. I discover new things about myself on a
run ALL. THE. TIME. It still amazes me although I should be used to it by now. Today
as I was running, watching Desert Runners, I felt something stir deep inside of
me. There it was….that desire for more and more challenges, for adventure, for
fulfillment. About Desert Runners: this documentary follows
competitors attempting to run four desert ultra marathons (250Ks) in a year – a
Grand Slam. (Watch it on Netflix!) To most, this sounds absolutely insane. Not me. I am truly inspired
and stirred by my desire for adventure to go out and do this. Seriously. As I
was watching this movie, I would get so emotional watching them start and
struggle and then ultimately finish the race. I know that feeling! It’s
something that is absolutely indescribable. But you see it in fellow runners,
fellow adventure seekers. It’s what drives us. It’s what drives me.
I will probably not set out next year to do this Grand Slam
but as crazy as it sounds, it is a goal of mine. I would definitely like to get
my feet wet this year doing an ultra – a 50K perhaps or a 24 hour race. My list
of goals, challenges, adventures, seems never ending. I want to do it all and
nothing can stop me!
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| Not rain... |
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| Nor snow... |
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| Nor heat... |
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| Nor injury! |
I will persevere because I am a runner!
Happy National Running Day!
Amanda
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