Getting "MY" life back

Well both of my boys are in school and I finally have some "me" time.  You ask "what have you done with your free time"  I answer "watch TV".  Seriously I was so behind on some of my favorite shows, so I took the first week of school and watched my shows.  Now I am all caught up and am looking for something new to do.

In the midst of looking for something to do I was talked into running a 5K with some friends.  I did it without much thought or any training.  After all I ran in high school and college and in my mind I have not aged a bit (haha).  So I started my first 5K in 13 years with no hopes of even running the whole thing let alone running it well.  I ended up running the whole thing and finished it in a little over 29 minutes.  Pretty good for someone who has maybe ran 20 miles in the last 10 years.  At the finish I felt it, I felt what I have been missing all these years.  I felt that sense of accomplishment that sense of doing something all by myself.  I did that alone, no kids, no husband, no one!!

There was a point in the run that I even unplugged my ipod and just ran, listening to my breathing and my footsteps.  It was wonderful, powerful, freeing and so many other feelings that I cannot even put into words.  I felt free and I loved it.

Now I am planning on running more 5K's and running regularly throughout the week with a running buddy.  I feel like I have a piece of me back.  A part of me that has always been there but I ignored it or maybe I just forgot about it.