Running is my happy place

I started this month strong with a great run after work today. I had been in a total funk the last few days. Between a very late night on Saturday, some nasty weather the last few days... oh... and starting FLO... its been a nasty funk. 

In the last few months I have learned a few tricks to help me manage my funky days. Running is a MAJOR key! I get to be outside and connect with nature and let out those yummy endorphins and go to my magical place in head. I really do love it... like LOVE IT! =)

Running is my happy place. While I was training for the marathon last year it was just something that had to get done. I had a goal to do X amount of miles a day/week and that was as far as my goals even took me! 

Once I finished my marathon I sort of fell out of the loop of running 3 or 4 times a week. Oh and those looooong runs!! Thats when you really got to disconnect!! There is a special kind of magic in that! But unfortunately... if I'm not training for a specific run... I don't run.... 

Well I wasn't running... and then came the "NERVOUS BREAKDOWN" - That. SUCKED! I basically spiraled into a sad and lonely place. I got lost in a fog and lost my connection to Nancy..... it was sad.

By the grace of god... I saw the light and decided to make some real changes. Back then it was just for the kids and Harold.... then my parents and my sister... then my family and friends... then my coworkers and patients... then it was for my general interactions with people... and then finally.... Finally it was for ME.

When I finally started to make changes for ME... that is when the magic really started to happen. It was no easy road... and trust me, I am no where near where I can feel I need to go.. but at least I woke up and know that I have somewhere to go to!! Suddenly there is a little clarity in my life... a little HOPE. A little something deep inside telling me that "this is all great... but Nancy... there is more! There is SO MUCH MORE!!" 

Let me tell you... the second I heard that little voice... I knew in my gut that there was so much more growing for me to do. So I set a goal to run my 6th half marathon with a little purpose. To work through my emotions and feelings and thoughts and intuitions and see where it takes me!! 

And to think... it all started when I decided to do just a little something for ME =)

Peace and love