Well...so much for New Year resolutions. I am referring to the one I made back in December 2011 to start blogging again in 2012. Here we are one year later and I am finally writing my next post. My, how time flies! This is why I have resolved this year to NOT make any resolutions.
So let me catch my one or two readers up on how I have grown over the last year. It is funny to look back on my old posts to see where I have come from. I used to cover my feet and think of myself as a barefoot runner. There is a term for that - I was a minialist runner. Well, I have now finally entered the world of true barefoot running. I'm not saying that I NEVER wear shoes because there are times where huaraches come in handy but the majority of my running is now without anything on my feet except dirt. And lately snow. And nothing against runners who do wear shoes...to each their own.
I'm just getting back into the swing of things with my mileage. Summer got a little crazy and I ended up going a couple of months without regular runs. I have been doing good the last couple of months though and have been getting three runs in a week. For encouragement and accountability I have been hooking up with some online communities. I started a FB page under the name Barefoot Running Girl and I'm on Twitter as BFRunningGirl. I joined the Barefoot Runner's Society (http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/). In December I discovered Daily Mile (thanks to Mike M) and just yesterday (thanks to a post by Jeff G) I discovered Tribesports. Let the challenges begin!!!
This year has some good stuff in store for me. Following my first official 5k race that I ran barefoot, the Shiver by the River 5k/10k series in December, I will be running the 10k in the series for the next three races in the series ( http://www.pagodapacers.com/races/shiver-by-the-river ) . In April I will be running my first half marathon - the Rumspringa in Adamstown, PA( http://www.uberendurancesports.com/rumspringa.html ). All of this leading up to the Blues Cruise - an ultra trail race on October 06 around Blue Marsh Lake ( http://www.bluescruiseultra.com/ ).
While I might not be making any resolutions this year, I did make sure that I got the year off to a good start. On New Year's Day I completed my longest run to date - 10 miles. And all completely barefoot. Just a drop in the bucket to the 1000+ miles that I hope to get in this year. All while raising the three small children (one of which is actually my granddaughter) that are still at home (also have two teenage stepsons and four young adult children) and working as an adjunct Math instructor at the local community college. Mom, Mema (grandmother), Math teacher and soon-to-be Marathoner...that's me :)
Happy and healthy running!
Lara Rosenberger, a.k.a Barefoot Running Girl