Fort Collins - The city that encourages active residents.

Have I gone for a run since my last post?
Yes....once. I'm not going to blog about my experience running in this blog entry, instead I will blog about my experience watching the finish of a 1/2 Marathon & Marathon on Sunday.

Last weekend Michael and I went to Fort Collins, Colorado for a night away from our little forsaken town of Pueblo (Pueblo's not that bad, but sometimes the lack of city gets to me). Fort Collins is everything that Pueblo would like to be. Fort Collins has attracted many active people to it's gorgeous views and amazing trails. We went to the New Belgium Brewery and Equinox Brewing. Great beer! Both places were packed with people! There was an equal number of bikes parked outside the breweries as there was cars...bikes may have actually had the upper hand. Our friend Bob took us on a tour around Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Gorgeous! The view of the mountains beyond Fort Collins was stunning. I was actually surprised that Fort Collins wasn't further in the mountains. I envisioned Fort Collins being in a location that was more like to Carbondale.

We had a wonderful evening of beer, a bit of wine and lots of amazing conversation with Bob and Karen. In the morning Bob made us french toast before we went to see Karen finish a 1/2 Marathon. She ran the Blue Sky Marathon and Half Marathon at Horsetooth Mt Park. I only saw a little portion of the trail but the area was gorgeous. The weather was hot, I can't believe all those runners made it! It had to have been at least 85 or 87 degrees out there. It was inspiring to see someone who had stayed up late, worked a full long day in the hospital beable to wake up and go run...not only run but to run 13.1 miles! To see all the runners complete their 13.1 miles ore 26 miles was inspiring.

I have been so disappointed in myself recently. Every evening I plan on going for a run in the morning, every morning I plan on going for a run in the evening but something or several things alway prevent it. Maybe I am not meant to be a runner? Why can't I just do it, just wake up and get my butt out the door?! I feel like such a failure! I am trying not to let it discourage me from continuing to want to run but I feel distant from my goals. I'm too tired in the morning, my alarm doesn't go off, I snooze the alarm. It is too dark to run in my neighborhood. I want to spend time with my boyfriend and not time alone. I need to go grocery shopping. I want to hang out with friends. BAAAAHHHH!!!!

Here is my next thought...I will either join Worlds Gym to prevent the weather excuse from keeping me from a run and to also provide more strength training opportunities OR I will find a way to motivate myself in another way. This whole being an athlete thing is hard for a mere mortal like me...