Sometimes we do things in life that changes the path we are headed down.
This weekend that happened...
I had the wonderful opportunity to head up to Bethleham PA for the Runner's World Festival and half this past weekend. I completely went into this weekend not sure 100% what I was running, what I was racing, or even walking. Thanks to my friend Marty for writing me a training plan, I didn't go in completely unprepared and under trained. However my mind has just not been on running lately. That drive to race and hit PR's had started to go away. The past year I have been occasionally racing just to run, but getting faster hasn't been on my mind. Until this weekend...
Have you ever had that moment happen that just clicks and changes your life?
Maybe it was a person or people who changed the way you thought about where your life was headed?
For me, these were those people...
And this was that place...
I flew in to Atlanta GA on Thursday and hopped on a plane with these two crazy guys to Philadelphia PA...
Yep, that would be Matt of www.nomeatathlete.com and Doug of www.rockcreekrunner.com. Matt and I were in Boston last year with RW and he is amazing. This was my first time meeting Doug. He just recently won a 24 hour race. He ran 107 miles in 24 hours, CRAZEEEEEEEE! Once we landed in Philly and RW picked us up, we rode the hour to Bethleham and found some lunch at this great pizza place called Sotto Santi. Both Matt and Doug are both vegan, so they had a ton of vegan options. We decided to all split a vegi pizza with vegan cheese. It was delicious...
After lunch we headed over to the hotel and met up with more of the influencers there for the weekend...
Kristin (my roommate), Alli, Jennifer, Nancy, Doug, Heather, and Dani (roomie 4-life)!
These are some of the people that really inspired me this weekend. Not only are they all runners, but they are mothers, and wives, and teachers, and business people. They come from all different backgrounds and they all run all different paces. And the best part about it, is that it didn't matter! We were all there for the same reason and that was to just RUN! This is why the running community is soooo amazing.
So as inspiring as the town of Bethleham is and the wonderful people I got to see. I cannot wait to tell you guys all about the amazing title sponsor, Altra Running. they have an amazing story and an amazing product.
Until tomorrow, stay tuned...
