Seriously?....Again?

For those of you who are keeping track of the on/off/on/off/off/OFF situation I have with running, it's on. Again. This will be the easily the 4th or 5th time I have set out with determination to finally love running. I've signed up for a Women's Learn to Run Clinic, not at all wanting to because I do NOT enjoy starting over again. When I arrived last night there was about 15 us and of course we had to do the "tell us your name and why you're here" thing. I introduced myself, "hi my name's Cara, I have a love/hate relationship with running but I want a love/LOVE relationship with running and I'd like to accomplish a 10k without the use of a vehicle". As we went down the line, I was SO surprised to find that, I'm not alone in this. There were at least 2 others that also stated their distaste for running. One woman held no punches.. "I hate it. Like, really. HATE. it."
I think I found my new best friend.

What I loved most about last night, is we were all there. Many had never run before and were scared, some were like me, starting over and others were just trying to gain a different outlook. But we all showed up. We overcame our nerves, fears and previous discouragements.

So although last night I felt a little like this:...

I believe that by June 12 (the annual Women's 10k race) I will feel like this:....