Running Inspiration

My mom is training for her second half-marathon. She is 65. If she can do it, I can surely do it too.

At Chapters today I was looking for a magazine article to discuss in my feature writing class. I was immediately drawn to Runner's World and Canadian Running magazines, both of which I ended up buying.

Despite the stale headlines ("Great abs in 15 minutes!" or "10 tips to run your best, EVER!") I am still inspired every time I flip through any of these magazines. Just looking at the glossy cover pictures of the uber fit models looking serious and disdainful in their skin-tight shorts and sports bras makes me want to get back into the running business.

Snowboarding

Nice powder on Hemlock mountain on Saturday. Hadn't been boarding in ages and, although I think it's like riding a bicycle, I'm pretty rusty. Barely able to do a 180 turn, so it's going to take a few more tries before I can do a 360. I think I'm going to have to learn to do jumps to do that, actually. Still a long way off. But holy Christmas, is it fun! I can't decide if it's rock climbing or snowboarding I like best now.

Climbing

Went to the climbing gym again today for the first time in months. Felt awesome to get back into it. I have my own chalk bag now, and a pass card, so now I just need a harness and shoes of my own. I didn't do any bouldering, just climbing, and managed a 5.8 no problem, but couldn't do the 5.10 route. I'm still shaky when I get to the top, but my fear of heights seems to be keeping me back less each time I go to the gym.