If you recall from a previous post #RWRunStreak, created by RunnersWorld.com, is a challenge to runners to run at least a mile every day starting on Memorial Day and ending of the 4th of July.  That is equivalent to 37 days of running.  Now, most people accept that challenge and determine their daily mileage accordingly.  As we know I am not most people and wouldn’t allow myself to run “just a mile”.  Running 4-6 miles everyday starting on Memorial Day began to take a toll on my body.

The last weekend in June I decided to take K2 to the Philadelphia Zoo.  We have a membership to the zoo and so we don’t tackle the whole place.  We let K2 pick out 2-3 areas they want to go to and then we leave.   Thank goodness this is our tradition because I realized then that I would not be able to go home and run 4-6 miles.  If I was that determined to run I would only run 1 mile.  Mentally that was hard for me but I knew that I had to suck it up!   And that is exactly what I did.

Unfortunately the pain took over, my form was all over the place, and it was taking more miles to settle into the lopsided run that I started to adopt.  That’s when I finally called the Ortho doctor, got the diagnosis, and attended my first PT session at Premier Physical Therapy.  That day I also broke the #RWRunStreak because I didn’t run!

Let me tell you that was a really hard pill for me to swallow!  After the PT session (at the end he set me up to the STIM machine) I felt great but I knew that I had to take the orders of the doctor and physical therapist seriously if I was going to be able to train again for the Marine Corp Marathon (in late October) and run it pain free.

It was fun committing to such a challenging running program.  I was very determined to do it, even though it was for 37 days.  But taking a break was what I needed to help the old body heal.  I was able to log more miles last month and also get paid during some of my runs.

Soo what have I committed to this month?

Come on, did you really think I wouldn’t commit to a running challenge?

Yes, I am injured!
Yes, I am allowed to run!
In fact, I was told to cross train more, lift more often, and get myself back to yoga.

For the last several years I have committed to running 100 miles in July.  The challenge was created for both runners and walkers.  So far I have ran 24 miles.  Yesterday I ran in the rain for 6 miles and felt great!

My original route was only 5.67 miles.  KEM (Kane) asked me before I started if he could run with me.  I told him how many miles I was planning to run and he quickly took his running request off the plate.  But when I finished my run I asked him if he wanted to run a very short distance with me (let’s be real – I didn’t like that I ran 5.67 miles.  I wanted it to be an even 6 miles!).  He agreed, which really shocked me.  But he ran with me for half a mile!  I was super excited that he had finally joined me on a run.  KMM (Kailee) was not thrilled with being left behind but she took it in stride.

What challenges/programs have you set out to conquer but then had to opt out of?
What hobbies do you have that your kids have asked to participate in?