Last year August John and I went to support our friends Annie and Maxine who were running the New York Half Marathon. Seeing them cross the finish line inspired me to do the same and when the registration opened this year I jumped at the chance to jot my name on the dotted line. Moment of madness? Perhaps. Well, I definitely thought so after I started training for this big milestone at the beginning of May. Yes, it was a half-hearted attempt, but I really dragged my butt all the way over the first couple of 2-mile sessions. I felt despondent and pretty sure that this girl would never complete a 13-mile race.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, this girl tonight ran 6 miles (and did a 5-mile run just for fun on Friday too)! And it feels so good. I am yet to experience that ‘runner’s high’ everyone keeps raving about, but man…I am loving the running.
To add to the exhilaration of tonight’s run, I spotted Leonardo di Caprio and his three ‘bodyguards/male support system’ on their bicycles in the park. He whizzed right be me and I’m pretty sure that 4 miles into my run, on my way up a Central Park hill, I was a sight for sore eyes…quite literally.
But it’s nights like tonight, with a light breeze drying the sweat off my back, celeb-spotting and feeling that great rush of happy endorphins that I really appreciate living in this great city!