GUEST BLOG | I made it!

The following is a guest post by Beth Shine, an advertising and branding consultant with Colonial Life. She and a team of employees trained for national Run a Mile Day on May 6.

Today's the day! A team of Colonial Life employees have been training all month to run a mile in celebration of National Run-a-Mile Day. I have been documenting my progress over the last four weeks, and lately my visions have turned to a victorious crossing of the finish line with my teammates.

 

Unfortunately, an unavoidable conflict prevented me from making the group run today at 12:15pm. That said, I am thrilled to say that I DID run that mile on my own. I made it in 11:07:51 - not a record breaker by any means, but it is the fastest (if only) mile I've ever run! I wish I could share the accomplishment with the ladies I've been training with, but I am confident they were successful as well.

I want to thank Toni for being such a great leader for us. I also want to recognize the Colonial Life running team volunteers who slowed down their normal pace in order to help us train. You could have left us in the dust, but you stuck with us and showed us how to be better runners. I also want to say how proud I am of the other ladies who stuck with the program. Together we proved that all ages and fitness levels can do this.  I think you all rock!

 

Who knows, maybe there is a 5K in my future (maybe). If this program is offered again, I would definitely recommend it to other staff. And if it is something other companies/organizations are considering - go for it! I never thought I would be a runner, but I am - and proud of it!