I am Married to A Non-Runner
I am Married to A Non-Runner

(Don’t hold that against him!)

I AM a runner!  I LOVE to run.  I NEED to RUN!!! Running is MY thing! MY World! It makes me Happy!

My husband, he is NOT a runner! He tried to be a runner, he even got me started running. We would meet up after work and we ran together except I could not keep up with him. I was ok with that, he ran his pace, I shuffled along as he says. Then, for him, “life” got in the way of us running and me, well I kept running.

Today, I’m still running. I’m happy to say I have graduated from the shuffle and I have found a passion inside me for running.

I live for race-cations because I get to, RUN in different places! My husband does NOT understand why I’d spend so much time researching and planning a running route while on vacation! He just does not get it.

get the runners high, my husband thinks it’s just something runners say.

I love to run local races.  He doesn’t get why I pay money to run somewhere any other day of the week I could run FREE.

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I do my very best to take care of myself by eating right most of the time, putting in the long hours of training so I can be a better runner. He tells me all the time, it’s just one meal, or you can skip this time.

If I don’t get in my run, I’m grumpy.  He’s grumpy when I tell him I got to bet my run in first.

Saturday morning I’m up early so I can get in my long run.  He knows how much I love to sleep and for the life of him,  can’t understand why I’d get up out of a perfectly comfortable bed that early to go for a run.

After a long race, I hurt all over sometimes for days. I can’t even get up from sitting down and don’t even get me started on going down stairs.  I do all this to myself and he thinks I’m crazy when I say I’m doing it again the very next weekend!

I take up over half of our closet and what is mine is mostly filled with running clothes, gear, shoes and socks. I can go into every store in the entire mall and find nothing to wear, but give me one athletic store and I could break the bank! This he does not understand.

I spend most of my extra money from my paycheck and almost all of my part-time job paycheck on entry fees, and everything else that has to do with running, he does not know exactly how much this is and that part, I’d like to keep to myself.

But…..

HE is my biggest fan and supporter!

HE spends hours upon hours listening to me talk about running. The good, the bad and the ugly.

HE may not be at every local 5k,  but for all others, HE is right there with me at the starting line whether that is 5 AM or 8 AM and cheering me on as I come through the finish.

HE has even been known to ride his bike in some of the races, so I don’t have to carry my water bottle.

HE will have supper cooked when I walk in the door from an after work run.

HE does not get running, no not at all; but HE gets me and he knows how much it makes me happy.

And in the end, that is all that matters.

 
 
Seen a lot of slim chicks posting their

workouts on here so I thought I'd join 

the fun
Warning : I will bully every one of you

into daily stretches, plyo drills, crazy 

intervals, lifting heavy weights and 

epic long runs
104 °F.....  As my Grandma says, 

"Marathon training ain't for p*ssies."



Crazy old lady is right.

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Best thing about Monday? Telling everyone about your PR from the race  over the weekend!
Well, I went for a run in the rain today... And I didn't melt.  So there goes that theory.
The awkward moment when you are  lifting more than the guy next to you... Just kidding.. not awkward, straight awesome!
I'm really sick and tired of food having calories.
What do I think about when I run? Sometimes I fantasize about a world where I'm in charge, chocolate makes  you skinny, and everything is always  75% off.
Difficulty sitting on a toilet? Dread even the sight of stairs? Difficulty getting out of bed? Difficulty walking?   DIAGNOSIS: ran a marathon!
Always keep a good bottle of wine  in the fridge for "special occasions." Obviously, my run is a  "special occasion". I've  started running daily!
You know you're a runner when...  Your Sunday mornings are earlier  than your Mondays.
How do you know if someone is  a runner? You'll know because it's  all they talk about.
"Training is making me lose so much weight!!"  ...said no marathoner ever!
I may appear harmless... But inside I'm completely badass.
1 mile = 11O calories  1 Beer = 145 calories  Guess it's time to run  another marathon...
Dear boys, until you start having  periods, babies, ...and run 26.2 miles  just for fun, you're not as strong  as you think.
Win or Lose... We Booze !!
Yes, I'm guilty! I just killed  my workout.
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