Starting today, I will be doing something a little special for my blog. Each Friday I will be featuring a guest blogger — awesome folks who are contributing to a discussion on running-life balance. I’m really excited to read what some of my friends and guest bloggers have to say on the topic. I am constantly trying to find a nice balance between the two, and I will also be posting on the topic at a later date. It will be refreshing and interesting to read how others juggle training and life — whether it be family time, work, or other community obligations.
I asked my guests three questions:
- What are you training for (if anything)?
- How do you balance your training with family time? With work?
- Who is your biggest supporter?
Today I will kick off the conversation with a post from my good friend and running buddy, Eugenia. I met Eugenia not too long ago at the 2013 Cleveland Turkey Trot. I am very thankful I met her. Eugenia is an amazingly beautiful person. She is happy, outgoing, real, and an all around awesome person to know.
A note about the guest posts you will see here: the posts you will read throughout this series do not necessarily reflect any of my own opinions or ideas. These posts are directly from the writers themselves.
Here’s Eugenia!
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My name is Eugenia. I am 29 years old, originally from Costa
Rica but currently living in Cleveland, Ohio. I am married to a wonderful man
and I became a mother to a beautiful little girl last year. I started running
in November of 2013 and I haven’t stopped since. I have completed a 5 mile
race, a 10K and I will be running a 10 mile race in March.
Rica but currently living in Cleveland, Ohio. I am married to a wonderful man
and I became a mother to a beautiful little girl last year. I started running
in November of 2013 and I haven’t stopped since. I have completed a 5 mile
race, a 10K and I will be running a 10 mile race in March.
What are you training for (if anything)?
Right now I am training for
my upcoming 10-mile race. I am also running the Color Run race and I have in
mind to run a half marathon in May but I haven’t committed 100% yet.
my upcoming 10-mile race. I am also running the Color Run race and I have in
mind to run a half marathon in May but I haven’t committed 100% yet.
I don’t really follow
anyone’s training plan because it makes me feel like I have to run, instead of
me just going for a run. I just run and that’s how I prepare for my races. I am
sure that later on I will learn how to follow a plan because I really don’t
want to get injured, but for now I feel like I can keep running freewill.
anyone’s training plan because it makes me feel like I have to run, instead of
me just going for a run. I just run and that’s how I prepare for my races. I am
sure that later on I will learn how to follow a plan because I really don’t
want to get injured, but for now I feel like I can keep running freewill.
How do you balance your training with family time? With work?
I am a nurse, a mom, a wife
and just recently started my masters program so I am relatively busy and always
tired. And no leaving aside the fact that I am also a runner — a fairly new
runner — and on top of it I became a part of challenge group to run 1,000
miles this year. I am constantly running now — I breathe, talk and eat running,
and I love it.
and just recently started my masters program so I am relatively busy and always
tired. And no leaving aside the fact that I am also a runner — a fairly new
runner — and on top of it I became a part of challenge group to run 1,000
miles this year. I am constantly running now — I breathe, talk and eat running,
and I love it.
To be honest, before I
began running, balancing my life was tougher than it is now. I found out that
the missing ingredient for balancing my life was running. Before running, I was
an emotional mess. I was always insecure about everything — my husband, my
friends, my life, my body. It was tough to be mentally and emotionally
balanced. I believe now that I was on the border of depression and I wasn’t
able to recognize it until I started running. So I could say now that running
is saving my life because it is a work in progress.
began running, balancing my life was tougher than it is now. I found out that
the missing ingredient for balancing my life was running. Before running, I was
an emotional mess. I was always insecure about everything — my husband, my
friends, my life, my body. It was tough to be mentally and emotionally
balanced. I believe now that I was on the border of depression and I wasn’t
able to recognize it until I started running. So I could say now that running
is saving my life because it is a work in progress.
My biggest supporter is and has always been my husband. He has
been behind all my plans and ideas even if I stopped and gave up halfway. Now
that I started running he made me promise him I was not going to give up
running, so I won’t. Now if I get cranky his advice is, “why don’t you go for a
run?” and I don’t get offended because I know that I will be a completely
different person when I come back from my run. So I just run for my family and for me!
been behind all my plans and ideas even if I stopped and gave up halfway. Now
that I started running he made me promise him I was not going to give up
running, so I won’t. Now if I get cranky his advice is, “why don’t you go for a
run?” and I don’t get offended because I know that I will be a completely
different person when I come back from my run. So I just run for my family and for me!
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Is there someone in your life that has pushed you to be a better you?
Would you like to share your story about running-life balance? Email me!!
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