I would rather run outside

First of all I would like to congratulate all the runners who finished the Mews 8km road race yesterday morning, especially my awesome husband Marc Alivio who had a time of 31.12!! He bought new sneakers that made him run faster as well! J  You can check out the pictures I took on the Paradise Running Club Facebook page. 

I didn’t get to run this weekend so I decided to run on the treadmill tonight! Man oh man! What was I even thinking? Melissa McCarthy’s movie Identity Thief couldn’t even get me through my run and I really like her, she is pretty funny! Whoever invented the dreadmill must have hated running outside. I did about 25 minutes and turned off Netflix and headed up stairs. I just couldn’t run any longer. I would much rather run outside, mostly because no matter how far I run, I will need to get back to my car.

It is funny how I plan my week around my running now.  Before I used to think of what excuses I could come up with so I didn’t have to run; now I am thinking about how I can get a run in no matter the distance.  I didn’t run this weekend, so I ran tonight. Tomorrow, I have a massage and nothing is going to make me cancel that so I plan on running there. A few weeks back I had a physio appointment for my knee and I got off work, got ready and ran from my house to Paradise Physio. It was 4 km but hey, who cares? I got to run.

I don’t care how far I run, I just like to run. It is making me healthy.  If anyone is sitting home and saying they can’t run, just try it, you may surprise yourself.  There is a difference in not running because you don’t like it and not running because you think you can’t.