Running Company

Doing a little catchup on the holiday break. I kept running! This is from December 19th.

"There's a reason running clubs are so popular. Even though running can be a solitary, head-clearing activity, it's really more fun when you have someone along for the ride.

With the exception of the long runs with my husband, because of scheduling conflicts, I have done every other run by myself. I don't have a place in my schedule to make it to running club meetups and my husband and I are trading off childcare when it comes to making time for running, for the most part.

To be honest, my motivation to train for the marathon was waning a little bit, withering from lack of company.

Of course, that's not all there is to finding a running buddy. Compatibility helps. As does speed. And scheduling. When reporter SOnia Azad agreed to do nine miles one Tuesday night, I was excited. She's training for the Houston half, as well as another half-marathon, and she's got a zany schedule too -- and she'd been saying it was tough to find the time to work in some of her longer runs.

We chatted the whole nine miles - about running, and training and general runner-geek stuff.

We agreed to try to get in a couple of more runs together before race day, and when I left, my marathon motivation had perked up. I had a good 20 miler with my husband, and at this point< I'm in pretty good spirits about the upcoming race.

One more monster week to go before the taper... "

Comments

[Tara Peplowski]

Adela...I couldn't agree more! I ALWAYS run with other people. Fortunately, I have found a group of women that all run about the same pace and all LOVE to talk. We used to run when our kids got on the bus for school. Most of us went back to work this year so now we have to run EARLY, but still together. There is always someone to run with. The only downside, they don't all like to do races....that leaves me solo on race day. It gives me so much anxiety not to have someone to distract me, talk with me, encourage me at those times. Therefore, sounds like you have the best of both worlds....you know how to run by yourself and still love company when you have it!