I'm not an Athlete + Why I run

Today on my run I remembered something...

As a kid I never considered myself athletic. Even now I don't. Now I just say that I am active, because really... what sports can I play? (Cricket Noise)

But as a kid I played softball and eventually basketball. I gave up on basketball in grade 7 when I didn't make Harry J's team. :(

But I briefly remembered something else. Once as a kid I decided to be healthy... randomly. Allow me to explain. I decided one day that I would fill up my Heart and Stroke foundation water bottle, and grab my jump rope and my bicycle and I would spend quote "All day" outside exercising. I was probably 7. Also, I probably lasted 20 minutes before I gave up/my mom made me stop.

Right before I left Lyndhurst in grade 5 I decided "I would do everything". Meaning clubs. So what did I do? I signed up for choir. I signed up for cross country. What happened? I fucking moved to Belleville.

Why do these things happen to me?

The other day I told myself that I probably would've never started running if I never moved to Belleville. But now I am remembering cross country. Would I have given it up if I lost, like I did with Basketball? Or would I have continued like I said I would have? I actually don't know. I probably would've given up, but if I didn't that statement I said about moving to Belleville isn't true.

Oh. You know what? I don't think I have ever explained WHY I started running. Oooh. Thats awkward... well I sort of have.

Back in November 2011 is when I finally decided to "start running". Trust me, I sucked. I barely could run for 3 minutes straight. I felt so happy when I ran without stopping to a song... I think it was Katy Perry.

But the reason I started THEN was because I wanted to start exercising more.

Then as I said before, I started running even more in February 2012 when I joined the gym. This time was because I wanted more cardio, so I decided to start running for cardio.

Somewhere around March/April/May ish I started running outside. I really don't remember when. Probably April. But THEN I started running because it was a goal. A goal inspired by, as I have said before.... ShayCarl on youtube. As you may know, he lost a lot of weight and has now ran 1 half marathon and 2 full marathons. Before he ran his first marathon this year (The LA Marathon) I decided I wanted to run a marathon someday.

And you know the rest.

But basically right now the reason I am running is for cardio and because I don't want to embarass the shit out of myself at the Halfie. Which is in.... 21 days?! WHAT. HOLY SHIT. That is 3 weeks.

The most I have run is 11.5 miles. The halfie is 13.1 miles. I told myself that I know I can run it as long as I have run at least 10 miles. I am still hoping to run 15 miles before the halfie though.

Tata for now ;)