A Month of Madness

July will be crazy. I can already sense it.

I've recently decided once school is finished in May (at least for the semester), I will start training for a 5k. The Color Run was something some friends wanted me to do last year, however I was in no shape to run. I'm still not.

A little about me...I'm kind of all or nothing. If I set out to do something, I set out to do it and do it well. (Rose colored glasses...)

If I'm doing this 5k, I'm running the whole thing, so as of the week after final exams, I will start a Couch to 5k program, lasting about 9 weeks (I think running 3-4 times a week). The Color Run Indy is July 20.

In the K household, July is usually a notably killer month. My better half is usually gone from sun up to sun down, as July is a huge straw-bailing month in Indiana. He goes to work during the day and goes straight to his co-worker/friend's house or whatever field they're in at the time, to assist the family post-wheat harvest. I joke that I turn into a farm-widow during the month. I'm lucky if he's done bailing by my birthday, some years. I also have tickets to a HUGE race the week after the 5k at Eldora Speedway. Being motorsports-obsessed, it's the must-attend race of the Truck Series this season, in my opinion, and we have tickets! :) Add in fair season, it's just going to be craaaaaaazzzzzzy.

Anyway, until this morning I had planned to train for both the 5k, and a local "ride" sponsored by one of the area hospitals. It's a 22-miler, and I've only rode as much as 11 1/2 in one sitting, so training is definitely needed. The only issue is I'm a dork. I totally didn't realize both the run and ride were on the same day, as I thought that they were a week apart, so I'm choosing to train for the run. (I've only been saying next year, next year, next year for the past 3 years with this ride. UGH!)

Unfortunately, I have a feeling this training will be a nightmare for me. I'm just not a runner, never really have been. I want to like running, love it even. I see the benefits of running, of being able to just go out and pound the pavement, and let stress slip away.

This will also give me the tools to hopefully start training for the Mini Marathon in Indy that sits on my bucket list. All 13ish miles of it! Someday for sure...

But baby steps, Ash. (I have to remember to be patient.) There will be good days with the bad, but I'm a pretty determined person. I want to run the entire 5k!

Check back after the first of May. I'll try to blog progress with the Couch to 5k program, leading up to the actual event, July 20!