{"id":4790,"date":"2016-06-25T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2016-06-22T22:12:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T02:12:47","slug":"thats-right-i-used-to-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/thats-right-i-used-to-run\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s Right, I Used To Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Sweaty mess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sherlonya\/27787868976\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/8\/7337\/27787868976_42e23a3c7e_b.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sweaty mess\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When I was much, much younger, we&#8217;re talking half my age, I entertained all of these fantasies of running. I held on to them for years and years. The year I turned thirty, I decided that it was time to either start running or let the dream fall to the wayside. That year, I decided that I&#8217;d give that year to running, and that if I didn&#8217;t like it afterwards, then I would let it go. That year, I got into it. That year, I ran a 10k, a 10 mile race, and later a <a title=\"Half Marathon!\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/half-marathon\/\">half marathon<\/a>. I completed two more half marathons. And <a title=\"Goal 4: Finish a Marathon\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/goal-4-finish-a-marathon\/\">finally a marathon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That marathon did a number of me. It was sort of the end of my fairly consistent running. I was under-trained going into that run and had caught a nasty cold the weeks leading up to that race. I finished, and crossing that finish lines is one of the accomplishments&nbsp;that I&#8217;m most proud of. However, after crossing that line, I was pretty sure that I never wanted to do that again. Without a next goal, quite a bit of the wind was stolen from my running sail.<\/p>\n<p>I was browsing at the library when I picked up <a title=\"My Year of Running Dangerously\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Year-Running-Dangerously-Ridiculous-ebook\/dp\/B00SI0B594\">My Year of Running Dangerously<\/a>. I like books about people reaching their goals. I&#8217;m a real sucker for that genre. Can I call that a genre? Anyway, I finished reading that book a couple days ago, and it made me feel like running. For real. I got up that afternoon and took to the road. It had been probably over a year since I last ran (that I remember anyway), and I decided to give it a go. I did some run\/walking, and was glad to have done so, even though it was hot as all get out.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I went again.<\/p>\n<p>This time with no walk breaks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how I started running several years ago. Back then, knowing&nbsp;that I could run for a couple miles, without walking made running much more appealing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And for me, <a title=\"June Playlist\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/sherlonya\/playlist\/05gkJ0rszBU90IJHGuL2rc\">so does music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was much, much younger, we&#8217;re talking half my age, I entertained all of these fantasies of running. I held on to them for years and years. The year I turned thirty, I decided that it was time to either start running or let the dream fall to the wayside. That year, I decided&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/thats-right-i-used-to-run\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">That&#8217;s Right, I Used To Run<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-4790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-running","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-1fg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":326,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/half-marathon\/","url_meta":{"origin":4790,"position":0},"title":"Half Marathon!","author":"admin","date":"October 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I sit before my computer several hours after I ran my very first half marathon. 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