My Love/Hate Relationship with Running
I didn't just take a photo of this outfit because it was cute, or because I found the graphic to be powerful. I thought it would be good to document my outfit for my last race of the year. (Or so I say. You never know, I flip flop on these things.) I chose to start running more frequently after being in the PNW for a few months. As the winter rains were letting up, and the sun was coming out more, running outdoors was a great way for me to get out of the apartment. One afternoon, I'm in Jamba Juice for a snack, and then I see an ad for a local race. It was exactly 9 weeks out, and I was crazy & stupid enough to sign up. I thought that signing up for this race would be a great way to keep me running. Let me back up - 60% of the time I don't like running. Sometimes it's more effort than I want to put forward. Sometimes it's really easy to injure yourself. Sometimes it just freaking sucks. Well, what become "only one race in May" turned ...