The trail to 5km

When we were about 10 weeks out from the wedding, I had gained some stress weight, was feeling pretty down on myself, and was honestly just fed up with myself.

I’d been telling myself ALL year that I was going to start working out and lifting weights once I brought them into the house from the storage shed… well to this day, they still live in the storage shed.

I’ve always enjoyed running, but I have a bad habit of starting and stopping so frequently that I never really make much progress.

So I finally decided: enough is enough. What I’ve been doing for the last 28 years clearly isn’t working, so I decided to actually do something about it.

I signed up for my first-ever race as an adult!

A 5km trail race at a donkey sanctuary… just 6 days before my wedding.

Was this the most logical timing? Probably not. But I wanted something to hold me accountable and help me stay consistent with simply moving my body.

I’ve run more in the last month and a bit than I have all year.

This 5km may absolutely kick my butt, but at least I’m doing something about it!

In just 12 days I’ll be lacing up to see the trail I’ve been training for!

Stay tuned for updates along the way!

Court