Only 2 miles.... only!

This morning when I got up I thought I should run...  Hal says to do a short 2 miler the day before, but I thought I would rather do it today and just a really good stretch tomorrow.  I got ready to go and the milage hit me like a ton of bricks....  two miles...  only two miles.  ha ha..  it really made me laugh out loud..  About 3 years ago Sway had a set goals at the gym and post them on the wall.  One of mine was to run Jacobs loop which is a two mile run from my house and back.  ok. so I don't sound like a wimp another goal was to do 100 push-ups with out stopping...  or maybe just 60, I can't remember.  but I do remember the 2 miles.  Ebbi was pushing me to do it.  she really wanted me to become a runner and love running like she did.  We had to work up to the two miles by walking and running.  We did this for a few weeks eventually trying to run more than walk.  Just thinking back about that is killing me right now...  Then one day we finally did it.  We ran the whole thing.  Amanda Ramsey ran it with us,  her and I both hated it...  HATED IT!  I said, "I am never doing that again."..  ya, I actually said that. and I didn't for at least 6 months.  Well...  here we are  I'm not sure how many times I've done that now but it's crazy to think back on that because I can remember exactly how I felt and it was miserable and there wasn't a single thing I liked about running.  Now I love it..  I don't know what I love about it.  I haven't lost a pound, I've actually gained.  My toe nails are the ugliest things ever, what there are of them. I have to get up at crazy hours to get our runs in. I like my sleep....  a lot!!!   Ebbi kept saying I would get a high and I don't even know if I have got that.  I have got it after a good run.  but not sure during..  anyway...  as I got ready to go I knew I needed Ebbi with me.  She was not going to run today, but she dropped what she was doing and came.  Aww...  and we did it..  two miles.  It was so symbolic and awesome! Sometimes there are things that are hard and you think you can't do them, don't even want to do them.  But if you just try, give it your all, you never know what can happen.  I love this quote from Stacy Lucier,

 

 "The magic of a marathon isn't in the 26.2 miles on race day; it's in the nearly 500 miles of training that happens in the months before.  It's in the countless feelings, frustrations, and fears I have worked through while running down those desolate, tree-lined roads.  you see, I wasn't supposed to be a runner.  But I am. And my life is better because I chose to be one."