When one first begins running, it's really tough to get up off the couch and put on the miles. And then, if issues come up, like the plantar fasciitis I discussed earlier, the temptation is to just throw in the towel. I discovered early on, I need some external motivator.
The first motivator - the thing that got me started running in the first place - was a 5K race. And then I discovered other races, and as long as I had a race to look forward to, I had that motivation.
And then I read an article about a couple running every single street of their town. What a great idea! I decided that was something I could do. So I did it. And then, to make it even more interesting, I decided to make it a fund raiser - get other people involved, create a blog, show my current run and mileage on a map every day. And, of course, that's what this blog is all about.
In the early years, I would finish running every street and the 5K season would end in northern Minnesota and I would just stop running for a few months. My new motivation is to achieve a personal best. I run as much as I can in colder weather, before there's snow on the ground, and then switch to a treadmill when it's accessible.
Then, we started going to Florida for a couple months in the winter, so now I'm able to run pretty much year-round.
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