Charity Run - an Amazing App

I am on a roll with postings. I was reading InStyle magazine and found this great app. It is too good of an app for me to not pass along to you. The app Charity Miles is great for runners, walkers, and bikers. As you do your exercise, it keeps track of it. For every mile you do, the company donates a certain amount of money to the charity of your choice. I just downloaded it and haven't tested it out, but it looks like that each time you go for you miles, you can chose a different - or the same - charity. Very nice, especially since there are so many charities I want to help.

Making a Goal and Meeting It: 5K Race

I am in pain. My legs ache. My ankles ache. I've been upping my running this past weekend in preparation for my very first 5K. I'm slowing it down as Sunday approaches. My time is getting better, so I am happy.

Do I like running? Not yet, but I want to be a runner. I have this thing of if I don't like something I will try to immerse myself in it until I do. Case in point: I did not like T.S. Eliot. So what did I do? I wrote papers on him in college. Guess what? I like him. I tried the same with Ernest Hemingway; let's say that now I appreciate him more than before. Actually, the more I write fiction, the more I like his style. I want to be a runner, so I am making myself be a runner. It's not fun, but it is growing on me. When it hurts, I tell myself that there might be a day when I can't do this anymore.

Sunday is the big day. It will be in the morning, which is good. Get it over. My goal is to finish strong. That's all. I am not focused on the time, though I would like to be done before 40 minutes. That is a long time, and it is a time I am beating now, but I do want a semi-tangible goal for myself other than completion. I want to enjoy it too. You only run your first race once.

I hope I get a medal.