Oh how college has gone by. Everything seems to be so quick now. I remember moving in as a freshman and spending my first true days of absolute independence from my parents, and now I am a senior determining God's purpose for my life. Throughout this chaotic, exciting time in my life many things have changed, friends, relationships, habits! But there are some things that have stayed the same, some things that time itself cannot change. That is my love for running and my obsession with anything Disney.
My family has always been a Disney family, this can be proven by my 40+ ventures to Disneyworld and multiple ventures to Disneyland (Yes, there is a difference). We have gone since I was a baby and have watched, done, and been to anything Disney related (I know I am a little weird, but hey who isn't). But my interest in running didn't start young, but really took off while I was in college (my attempt at trying to fend off the freshman 15). I began to run as exercise, but realized I loved to put in my headphones and just begin to run for miles. Many times I will zone out (which I realize isn't safe) and go and keep going until my legs are worn out. So like any normal person would do I combined the two, Disney with running and running with Disney, with the help of my always down for anything Disney family. For those who don't know Disney has multiple races each year at different location around the country. And my family has done some of them for two years now. In fact, I will be going to Disneyland in California over Labor Day weekend to run in a 10k and half-marathon. Through these Disney races I have done some grueling and cruel things to my body. In my first attempt at a half-marathon and marathon, I decided to do them together to complete the goofy challenge. So during January, two years ago, I completed both, in back to back days. What an idiot? I can still feel the pain of my legs on the flight back the next days. Let's just say I will never be doing that again, but hey I got some cool medals out of it.
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| (Some of my families medals) |
My advice to anyone though who has multiple things that they love and can't get enough of, figure out a way to do them both at the same time!
