a runner

am.not. can not. will not. so not a runner. can't run. will never run. these are all things i have always told my swimmer self.  all things i laughed about. marrying a land, track, runner/sprinter kinda guy. I'm a fish and that's how I'll always be. all these silly-self limiting things I've always said. And then-cuteness happened in the form of Lucas. And escape happened in the way of 5pm, daddy's home and mom's going to go hit the pavement hard with some feet and have some quiet time. And then one thing lead to the next, my neighbor runs. we started running together. what started out with 1 mile (I'm so proud i ran that without stopping! ha) turned into 3 miles (not far, i know, but for me. this girl that is not. can not. will never. run!) self, i was pretty happy. so now I've gone and done it. a suggestion from this very good running friend, and many runs later. and I've signed up for my very first run. ever. this swimmer girl. who thought she could not run. I'll be running 6 miles in June. 6 miles with a good friend, my good running friend, who casually mentioned that we should do this. run this. and i laughed and said. probably not. but-then. her words kept ringing run in my ear. just try it. won't be so bad. and so-i thought why not? why not try something new? step out of my little box and just try it. because actually- i. can. run.

who knows. maybe some day I'll even do a half marathon. Dave comes from a line of runners, they do half marathons and all that crazy stuff. I'm impressed. seriously impressed. you know what my dream  really is though?? my crazy dream? my bucket list...one day sort of thing is? to do a triathlon. but the running thing always hit me still. so maybe....maybe, it isn't such a distant dream anymore. i mean now that i actually can.run. I've realized, running really is sort of satisfyingly fun. but don't tell anyone i said that.

the best part? I'll have my Lil fan club cheering me on all the way. and there to greet me at the finish line.

so happy Friday friends. hope you'll be inspired to try something new this weekend too :)