There’s nothing like sitting down and reflecting on the difference between your training plan for your first and sixth half marathon to make you realize how far you’ve come. I was sitting in Jake’s office and Couch to 5k came up, and it brought me right back to the summer 3 years ago when I stepped outside determined to run for 60 seconds without stopping. A far cry from the hopeful runner who steps outside today thinking about shaving time off her half marathon pace by November.
I thought it’d be fun to look through my old race photos, to see snapshots of the transformation unfolding.
Here’s one photo from every race I’ve run from my first 5k in September of 2012 to my 5k PR on January 1st of 2015. (I didn’t get a photo at my most recent race.) Looking through, I see a beautiful combination of joy and effort, on a journey that hasn’t ended.
How far have you come, and how far will you go?
What an awesome journey of photos! I always love to take photos before, during and after each race but sadly I missed a few I think. You are going to rock your Half this fall I know it! I can’t wait to follow this journey with you!
Thanks Kate! I’ve missed a couple races too, and it makes me wish I’d taken the random selfie so I could look back on it now. Love looking through these, and seeing my boys at different ages, too! I have so many running stroller photos of them from the past couple years, that’s another really fun thing to go through.