Hello, my name is Colleen Nelson.
To begin with, I have to admit that I am proud to be nearing the end of achieving a goal I set out to accomplish eighteen months ago. I have two classes left before completing my masters of Technology in Education from Lesley University. I am currently enrolled in ECOM 6019- Web 2.0 for Education, where creating a blog is one of the requirement. I thought it would be fun to create a blog to initiate the start of my next personal goal I hope to achieve~ my quest to become a runner.
Two years ago, I watched as my husband started his journey to become a runner. At the start, it was a journey we planned to embark on together. However, due to some minor health set backs and my dedication to the masters program I was unable to keep up with the pace of his training.
During his journey, I witnessed him transform into someone who never ran a race to being part of an elite group who have earned the privileged to say they completed a marathon. As I waited for him at the finish line, I was moved to tears as I felt the joy he experienced form achieving such a feat.
Since that day, we have often talked of someday training together for a marathon (preferably one far away-Dublin would be my dream) However, in order to start the journey to reach the goal of running together in that magnitude of a race, I will need to learn to run. I will have to take baby steps and will need much encouragement and advice along the way from those who can run and people of a supportive nature.
My first goal in my quest to run will be to run 1 mile without stopping. To some, this goal may sound small, but for me this will a major achievement.
Please stop by and wish me luck along the way.
