Run Forest Run!!

Well...I guess it's time to officially announce some big news...

First, Drake dropped a new album overnight and I am personally glowing and you should go download it...

Second... this week my mother and I were told some big news... If you don't know, I enjoy running, not because I am super fast and can run like the wind, but because I can run and somehow survive and can run moderately long distances... I will get there slowly but I will get there...anyway...

I think this story starts about 5 years ago when my best friend Rachel asked me to go out on a run, and I think my initial response was something along the lines of "Go away, I am going to die, that won't be happening, can we go to happy hour instead?".  Maybe Rachel knew something I didn't but that day we went for a run and somehow I pushed out two miles, I am sure my time was something to alert the Guinness World Record Books for the "Slowest Split Mile Time Ever" but for me, I ran two miles, which is about 10560 more feet than I ever thought I could run at once.  From there I went on to run my first EVER 5K at the Red Dress Run in West Hartford on July 11th, 2009 through the Hartford Marathon Foundation.  Since than, I have completed 50 races, which is halfway to my goal of 100.

I won't bore with you will all the types of races I have ran since that life changing two mile run, but they have been everywhere from 5Ks, 10Ks, 3 Ragnar Relays, and my first, Half Marathon and many other types of races.

When I saw the call for "Team HMF 2015" applications in January the Hartford Marathon Foundation was looking "for passionate, inspiring and motivating runners to represent HMF and serve as ambassadors of our mission".  I looked at the application and asked my mom what she thought about it, well needless to say my mother thought the idea was great and applied for a spot right on the spot...or well on the couch with me hovering over her thinking "well I guess I will apply now too..

Over the last couple weeks I had some quick thoughts of "I wonder if I will be accepted, what if my Mom gets a spot  because she is super athletic and in much better shape than me..."

Well, this week, all my worried faded away because my mother and I were selected as members of Team HMF 2015...but what is even more amazing... we were selected as the first-ever mother-daughter teammates! 
I couldn't be more happy to share this year running around New England (and maybe find an excuse to run in Florida/California) with my mom.  My mom is the most amazing person I know, she motivates me, humbles me, challenges me and makes me a better person, and there is no one else I would rather be on Team HMF with. (I love you, Mom!)



Read more about the team here ---> Hartford Marathon Blog

Comments

  1. Susan Rubenstein - Yoga DivaFebruary 14, 2015 at 1:38 PM

    I cannot tell you in words how soooo proud I am of you and the beautiful person you are from the inside out. I remember the days when the idea of running was like putting brussel sprouts on your plate. You thought it was I was nuts and obnoxious. Now we are a Mother/Daughter team for the HMF and the best part, you love brussel sprouts too. I love you my little bird. xoxoxo Mother Bird

    ReplyDelete
  2. Susan Rubenstein - Yoga DivaFebruary 14, 2015 at 1:41 PM

    we can drop the it was and leave the I was hehe

    Anyway its going to be a great season of running. See you for contract signing. xoxo

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Day My Career Changed Forever

Image
I am not sure how to start this post but I will be honest, this post isn't going to be satirical, or full of pictures of me slamming my butt against things, I think this post is a long time coming. Today I ran in the "Sandy Hook Run For The Families" in Hartford.  Myself along with 15,000 other runners were huddled in the streets of Hartford on a VERY cold morning, for one purpose, to remember 26 angels that were taken from this earth way too early. I ran this race because I am an avid runner and I have a goal of running 100 races in my lifetime.  Today marked race #27, which is fitting because 27 people died in Newtown on December 14th, 2012.  20 beautiful children, six amazing facility members and one mother who did the best she could raising a child who would turn out to be something bigger than she could handle. Without getting into politics and creating a hole I may have to dig myself out of, I will leave it at that. I am an assignment editor.  I am an a...
Read more

Mama Denise

Image
As a few of my blogs have outlined, I am a die-hard nutmeg-er and a loyal Channel 3 viewer/employee/spokesperson. I remember growing up in the townhouse my mother owned on the outskirts of town...Simsbury town that is....and crowding around a small television in the kitchen watching WFSB before school and during dinner. I think maybe that is when I should have realized that I was going to eventually work in TV, but instead I was hell bent on making ice cream, working in college atheletics and completely denying any form of an idea that I would work in television. I remember watching my mother cook dinner, usually Mac and Cheese because I was a SUPER picky eater, and watching Bruce, Denise and Dennis every night while chowing down on a mean bowl of Annie's White Chedder Mac. I remember the old studio, walking down in Constitution Plaza during Christmas time to see the lights and admiring everything about Denise D'Ascenzo. Borrowed from http://dennishouse.wordpress.co...
Read more

Fat-athlon

Image
So, I didn't forget about my blog...I was blessed enough to have the opportunity to travel to London and drink a lot of beer and enjoy some much needed time off. With that being said...I'm backkkkkkkkk I am so back in fact, that I decided it would be super duper fun to run a 5K full of obstacles after completely letting my workouts go to waste while in London. I am not sure when I committed to being a willing participant in the Fitathlon...I have a feeling I was coffee wasted when the email was sent out and I said 'yes' due to a caffeine high. A video explaining what a "Fitathlon" is can be viewed here-------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pu4ZINmTDQ So this morning, I laced up my chucks (not really, I wear New Balance) and headed down to The Rent in East Hartford and prepared to meet my team. Now, we are not the most agile group here at WFSB.  More than a year ago the station committed to bi-weekly boot camps and I have been pretty good abo...
Read more