#starwarsvirtualhalf

So, yup. Now i am a runner. It was actually only about two weeks ago when i realized I was a runner. Which, for anyone counting is 3 months after i started running.

One thing most people know about me is that I am a crier. Lots of thing make me cry. An amazing love story, a student crying in my office, a delicious bagel. I mean seriously, almost anything remotely tender or delicious makes me cry.

Sometimes I feel like running has made me MORE of a crier. 

Examples 1. 5 weeks into my c25k training i was convinced i wasn’t going to be able to run the 5k. I cried while struggling through a 8 minute run.

2. 6 weeks into my c2k5 training i realized I could run a 5k and cried.

3. 7 weeks into my c25k training i didn’t think i could run a 5k and cried as I ran around the indoor track at my university. I was being lapped by 18 year olds while crying

4. Three days before my first 5k (March 17th) I ran a 5k on the indoor track in under 36 minutes. I cried during my cool down because I knew I could do it.

5. After my first 5k I cried in the shower because I was so proud of myself.

6. I cried in frustration at the end of my second 5k because I was so much slower.

You see the point i am sure. I’ve cried over running shoes and sore feet and bruised egos and tight pants. I’ve cried because people came to watch me run, I cried because no one came to watch me run. I’ve cried because I am a runner and I’ve cried because I don’t feel like a runner.

Seriously, i have a lot of fucking feelings. I am sorry. I am in therapy. 

However, today I cried for another reason.

My Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon metal came today!

According to my first post, which you can find if you scroll down, Star Wars can get me to do anything. Even become a runner.

Well, there I am, after a run with my new metal.

Yes, of course, I cried.