Happy Sunday! Geez the weekend is flying by much too quickly for my liking! It’s been a while since I’ve done a survey, and I saw this one one Lindsay’s blog yesterday, so clearly I had to steal it from her! Thanks Linds!
Age: 25
Country/State/General Vicinity: Chicago, IL
Year you ran your first mile without walking: Hmm. Well, I don’t think I managed to run without walking when we had to run the mile in middle school for gym, so probably in High School when I had to run for field hockey.
Year you became a “runner”?: Oh gosh… I ran a little bit during college to help get in shape (aka try to counteract my horrible eating/drinking habits), but I never started running with a purpose until I moved to Chicago in 2010 and decided to train for a 10K.
Why you run now: I love running! It’s “me” time. It’s a great physical and mental release, and I love that I can just zone out while running, which I can’t seem to do in any other kind of exercise. Plus it makes me feel confident and proud of myself.
What’s the most you’ve ever spent on a sports bra?: Um, maybe $16? I buy most of mine from Target, although now I scour TJ Maxx when I need new ones.
First race: My very first race was actually a trail run in Northern Michigan called the Port Oneida 5K Barn to Barn Run/Walk. I ran it in 2010 when I had just started training for my 10K. I was visiting my friend and her family in Glen Arbor and they were all participating, so I had to sign up! It was hard but fun, very hilly!
Last race: My last race was a Turkey Trot 5K in Kansas City with my dad!
3 races you most wish you could run: Ooo geez. That’s hard because I feel like I keep hearing about more races that I’d love to do. I’d have to say my dream races are the New York Marathon, Big Sur Marathon and Pike’s Peak Marathon. Haha, no idea if I’ll ever actually do them!
Favorite race: The Chicago Marathon, of course! I loved the race and highly recommend it, especially as your first marathon. The course is lined with spectators and goes throughout all different parts of Chicago, so you’re never bored. The support was really amazing.
Best running advice you’ve ever received:
First running shoe: Hmmm… Well the first pair of shoes I bought specifically for running were mizunos, (B) in the picture below:
Do you run with a watch?: When I run outside, I run with my Garmin Forerunner 305. I know a lot of people like to just go out and run, but I’m a huge numbers person. I love statistics and I always put my runs into Daily Mile. I just like knowing the numbers!
Running goals for 2013: My two goals for 2013 (after getting back on my running feet) are to PR in a 5K and in a half marathon!
PRs:
5K – 24:41
10K – 52:15
10 miles – 1:26:31
Half Marathon – 1:58:56
Marathon – 4:21:06
Your turn! Answer as many of these as you’d like!
It was so nice seeing you yesterday! Thank you for cheering us on! Hmm my running goals this year are to run at least 3 more half marathons, get stronger, faster and quit worrying about other people! The races that I would love to do would be Athens Classic Marathon, Prauge Marathon, and London Virgin Marathon. Granted I have never done a marathon before. haha 🙂
Congrats on your first half!
Yay, I really like this survey because you get to hear how and why people started running. I love it!
I bet the 5k in Glen Arbor was beautiful, Northern Michigan is so peaceful!
I loooove N. Michigan, although I haven’t really been to any other parts of the state!
A running survey – I like it!
I would really like to run a race in another country then I could travel somewhere new and run which sounds wonderful to me! 🙂
I didn’t think of that – it would be amazing to do a race in another country!
I liked learning more about your running history, it is always nice to see the social aspect of it too
It’s definitely both a personal journey and a social event for me!
i’m not going to answer any of them because i too am debating stealing this survey (though i’m going to have to skip a bunch since i don’t remember a lot of stuff) but i loved reading this because i LOVE knowing how people got into running and how they keep it up. i love all your shoes too lol. i just started being able to part with mine which was mostly because i ran out of room in my closet 🙂
I love reading these kinds of things too, you should do it!
Oh fun! I love these things haha. I need to race more, though…only race distance I have so far is a 10K and my time was 46:40, which I was surprised by haha…adrenaline totally pushed me faster than I expected by a ton. This year I’m signed up for two half marathons, though, and hoping to do lots of smaller races in the meantime! And I wouldn’t have considered myself a runner until last year when I got my first pair of running shoes and really started adding mileage. Crazy what changes in a year!
That’s awesome! I can’t wait to see how you enjoy doing more races!
I think the three races you wish you could run is probably the hardest! I have a verrryyyy long list ahead of me 🙂
Haha they’re “dream” races, probably won’t happen but I’m sure they’d be beautiful and hard at the same time!
I think you missed the “best running advice” question on your survey! Or maybe it’s just not showing up on my computer?
I love the TJ Maxx idea for sports bras. I mostly only wear C9 gear from target…which I’ll only buy on clearance. I’m quirkishly thrifty!
Ooops! I must have missed it! Haha and I try to be thrifty with workout clothes too!