Day 7: A buddy to train and complete a half marathon with

Running the Rock ‘n Roll Chicago half marathon in July was one of the best highlights of my life. I’m a pretty good self-motivator so it wasn’t hard to keep myself chipping away at my training schedule. I hold myself to a high standard so missing a run was never an option. Even with an injury two weeks before the race, I was determined to cross that finish line.

Little did I know that training and running for that race was the start of something beautiful. Running gives me confidence I didn’t even know existed. Knowing my limits and pushing them a bit further every day gets me super jacked. The only downside to the training and marathon was how lonely it got. I don’t mind doing things by myself, but a running partner would have been super fabulous. [I just used super twice in a mere few sentences. Ugh.]

So the next time I plan on running 13.1 miles [for fun no less], I will be taking applications or high fives for someone to do it with. It’s super fun [what is wrong with me? Don’t answer that.] and I promise your life will change completely after the experience.