…not all at once. That would be crazy. (Of course there are some–including a-year-ago-me–who would say running even 5 miles sounds crazy.)
I’m mostly just posting about this milestone because ever since I reached 400 miles on my Nike app, I’ve been waiting for 500 so I could sing to myself, “And I would run 500 miles, and I would run 500 more.” But The Proclaimers aside, it’s also pretty cool to think that in a year I’ve gone from thinking 5 miles was insane to insanely preparing for half marathons.
I’m proud of myself. And if I were to have posted on Facebook about this accomplishment yesterday, I’m sure the post would have gotten at least 5 likes. But the post from my friend (and, coincidentally, race buddy) proclaiming he was now in a relationship got over 100. Also, tons of comments expressing congratulations.
Which made me think about what’s really important in life.
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