WannaBeRunna
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I have always admired people who run. I have many friends who are avid runners, and wish that I had their motivation to push themselves to conquer 5Ks, 15Ks, half marathons, and marathons. However, the runner who I admire the most is my dad who has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He has run approximately 20 races (ranging from 5K to half marathon) since 2010, and his running days may be behind him.
I remember a morning 5K that we went on during Memorial Day weekend 2013. Ignoring my dad's advice of "slow and steady wins the race," I took off and stayed ahead of him for the first mile before I completely gassed out. My dad easily caught up to me, but instead of running ahead of me, he stayed by me to encourage and motivate me to keep pushing myself. Like he had done throughout my life, he refused to leave me behind.
Today, my two older brothers, my sister, her fiancee, and I ran the same 5K path that our neighbors have grown accustomed to seeing my dad run. My stepmom has told me that the neighbors knew something was wrong when they noticed my dad was not running. My siblings and I are going to hold down the routine during our visit home.
However, I do not plan for my running to stop when I leave home to go back to San Diego. I want to run because I want to be ready for WHEN my dad is able to run again. I want to train until we finish a race the same way we have done many things- TOGETHER.
Miles: 3.08
Duration: 38:08
Pace: 12:22
Calories: 487
I remember a morning 5K that we went on during Memorial Day weekend 2013. Ignoring my dad's advice of "slow and steady wins the race," I took off and stayed ahead of him for the first mile before I completely gassed out. My dad easily caught up to me, but instead of running ahead of me, he stayed by me to encourage and motivate me to keep pushing myself. Like he had done throughout my life, he refused to leave me behind.
Today, my two older brothers, my sister, her fiancee, and I ran the same 5K path that our neighbors have grown accustomed to seeing my dad run. My stepmom has told me that the neighbors knew something was wrong when they noticed my dad was not running. My siblings and I are going to hold down the routine during our visit home.
However, I do not plan for my running to stop when I leave home to go back to San Diego. I want to run because I want to be ready for WHEN my dad is able to run again. I want to train until we finish a race the same way we have done many things- TOGETHER.
Miles: 3.08
Duration: 38:08
Pace: 12:22
Calories: 487