Running anniversary

"Mrsg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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I'm still at it for many other reasons. Today I'm celebrating.

Michelle, you've been at the beer again, haven't you? Naughty girl!

Roger.

Mrsg said:

Today is the eighth anniversary of my return to running. A weekend trip with my family
convinced me that I needed to do something. At 35 I was so out of shape that I thought I might
have a heart attack attempting to do some simple hiking/climbing with my kids. When we came
home I started. It took me three months before I could continuously jog the two and a half
mile loop I'd mapped near my home. Now I'm running 40-50 miles a week. I'm training for my
sixth marathon, and I've recently discovered the joy of speed. Running has changed my life.
I'm calmer. I'm more self-confident. I'm in better physical shape than I was in high school.
I've met some amazing running people. I'm sharing the benefits of running by coaching an
elementary school girls' running club. I can keep up with my kids. I started running eight
years ago because of what I thought that it would do for my body. I'm still at it for many
other reasons. Today I'm celebrating. Michelle

Welcome to the group!

And you point out many of the benfits of running, physical, mental, and social. Congratulations!

Now don't forget, as part of joining the group you need to tell us about you marathon. Send a report
and let us know how you do.

Enjoy the run.

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Ed Prochak running: faqs.orgrunning faqOpen ↗ family:
web.magicinterface.com~collinsOpen ↗
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"Two roads diverged in a wood and I I took the one less travelled by and that has made all the
difference." robert frost

Congratulations, happy anniversary, and hope you stay around for an 18 and 28 and 38 year
anniversary!.

Victoira

"Mrsg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Today is the eighth anniversary of my return to running. A weekend trip with my family
convinced me that I needed to do something. At 35 I was so out of shape that I thought I might
have a heart attack attempting to do some simple hiking/climbing with my kids. When we came
home I started. It took me three months before I could continuously jog the two and a half
mile loop I'd mapped near my home. Now I'm running 40-50 miles a week. I'm training for my
sixth marathon, and I've recently discovered the joy of speed. Running has changed my life.
I'm calmer. I'm more self-confident. I'm in better physical shape than I was in high school.
I've met some amazing running people. I'm sharing the benefits of running by coaching an
elementary school girls' running club. I can keep up with my kids. I started running eight
years ago because of what I thought that it would do for my body. I'm still at it for many
other reasons. Today I'm celebrating. Michelle

It gets crowded in here with all these fevered egos. The more you sell yourself, the shallower Lake
Michelle seems. Relax, you're a virus with shoes......just like the rest of us.

Hi, Michelle,

Mrsg said:

Today is the eighth anniversary of my return to running. A weekend trip with my family
convinced me that I needed to do something. At 35 I was so out of shape that I thought I might
have a heart attack attempting to do some simple hiking/climbing with my kids.

:-) Isn't it odd the things we remember vividly? When we met a Significant
Other, when you found out you were "with child," and when we started running (for the first or
latest time).

Quoted message said:

When we came home I started. It took me three months before I could continuously jog the two
and a half mile loop I'd mapped near my home. Now I'm running 40-50 miles a week. I'm training
for my sixth marathon, and I've recently discovered the joy of speed.

One of the nice things that I like about your posts to r.r is the history behind them. You've really
developed your running in a way that I would like to imitate - over time and with continuous (at
least it seems like it) enjoyment. And, now speed <G>.

Quoted message said:

Running has changed my life. I'm calmer. I'm more self-confident. I'm in better physical shape
than I was in high school. I've met some amazing running people. I'm sharing the benefits of
running by coaching an elementary school girls' running club. I can keep up with my kids. I
started running eight years ago because of what I thought that it would do for my body. I'm
still at it for many other reasons. Today I'm celebrating.

Good for you. Please have some chocolate ice cream for me.

Layne

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The rec.running report archives may be found at kinder.cis.unf.edurec.runningOpen ↗

Miss Anne Thrope said:

It gets crowded in here with all these fevered egos. The more you sell yourself, the shallower
Lake Michelle seems. Relax, you're a virus with shoes......just like the rest of us.

So, you've been watching the Matrix too much.

Step out of cyberspace into the real world for a change.

Go for a run. It'l help rebuild those muscles that atrophied from sitting at a computer too long.

--
Ed Prochak running: faqs.orgrunning faqOpen ↗ family:
web.magicinterface.com~collinsOpen ↗
--
"Two roads diverged in a wood and I I took the one less travelled by and that has made all the
difference." robert frost

Good for you Michelle. Your post reflects the attitude of many others in the group, myself included.
Welcome to the group. Doug Burke

Mrsg said:

Today is the eighth anniversary of my return to running. A weekend trip with my family
convinced me that I needed to do something. At 35 I was so out of shape that I thought I might
have a heart attack attempting to do some simple hiking/climbing with my kids. When we came
home I started. It took me three months before I could continuously jog the two and a half
mile loop I'd mapped near my home. Now I'm running 40-50 miles a week. I'm training for my
sixth marathon, and I've recently discovered the joy of speed. Running has changed my life.
I'm calmer. I'm more self-confident. I'm in better physical shape than I was in high school.
I've met some amazing running people. I'm sharing the benefits of running by coaching an
elementary school girls' running club. I can keep up with my kids. I started running eight
years ago because of what I thought that it would do for my body. I'm still at it for many
other reasons. Today I'm celebrating. Michelle

Congrats Michelle, I will be celebrating my 1st running anniversary this week. Like you said, it
changes your life in so many positive ways. Hopefully with a little luck and a lot of hard work I
will be running my first marathon next year. Keep up the good runnin. Mike

MC & DC

Miss Anne Thrope <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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It gets crowded in here with all these fevered egos. The more you sell yourself, the shallower
Lake Michelle seems. Relax, you're a virus with shoes......just like the rest of us.

"Selling myself" has never been the intention of any of my posts. The truth is that I don't know
a lot of other runners in the real world. I try not to bore my family and friends with running
talk about which they have no interest. There are times when I feel really good about what I
think I've accomplished, and I want to tell someone who understands. That is one of the reasons
that I post on rec.running. It is not the only reason. Michelle