Let’s start with the big exciting news: I’m officially signed up for the More Magazine-Fitness Magazine Women’s Half-Marathon! I’m following their training plan which starts January 4th. I appreciate everyone’s support so far – keep it coming!
You Just Never Know
Recently, I was having one of those runs where I had to use every trick in my bag to keep myself going. On top of that, my last mile was an annoying tango with some guy who would run past me, stop to walk, start running again as I caught up, stop to walk, start running again, and so on. If I wasn’t so out of breath, I would have asked him to please just leave me out of his own struggle.
My run (finally!) completed, I slowed to a walk as I headed to my car. You guessed it: my dance partner caught up to me and stopped to walk. Before I could say anything, he gasped a breathless “Thank you!” It turns out that he was following me to keep himself motivated to complete his run. He walked when he had to, but my gazelle-like grace (or something like that) helped to push him along further than he would have on his own.
All of my aggravation immediately evaporated, and I just smiled. You just never know how you impact others.
