My story

How Running became a ticket to my happiness


I started running at the age of 13, when I saw my brother getting into races and trhiathlons with so much passion that I wanted the same, he is my big brother, I was just 13 and he was 24 at that time.....
So I started at High school with group races, and just as a part of a school subject, anyway I continue running as a hobbie, at the age of 15 I made my first  sprint Duathlon, with my brother and a friend of his (r.i.p), 5 km running, 20 km biking, that was the first time I had that feeling of happiness, that feeling of getting strong without a huge a reason, and getting so much positive energy that I wanted to do it again, even if at Km 15 I wanted to leave everything and just stop.
"PHYSICAL PAIN IS NOTHING COMPARED WITH THE FEELING THAT YOU GET BY ABANDON A COMPETITION" ......always remember that.
When I was 16 a friend of my Mother (r.i.p) encouraged me to continue running, even if I had not running partners, so she offered herself to run with me, she was the wife of the Governor of my State so she didn´t have a lot of time along the day to exercise, so I started trainnig with her all mornings at 6:00 am, she has a daughter (now one of my best friends) that didnt like to run so that´s how I had a first and unforgetable running partner.
She recomended me his trainner, and I stopped running with her and started a more "proffesional"  way of trainnig bye having a coach.
Cross country,  track, even my garden, were the perfect scenarios to run with better technique and character.
How can I forget my first pair of New Balance shoes, that my coach gave me...gray and yellow, (uglies as hell) but they were waaaay better than my pink nike air shoes. 

I continue running 3 times per week till my father prohibited me to continue seeing my coach.
That was terrible for me, because I was almost 18 and sometimes you need someone to support your goals at this age.
2 years later I runned my first race with my brother, since then, it became my passion my only hideaway where I find peace on my soul, where I feel useful and good.
Anyway I studied design, I traveled a lot and now I work living a common life on the beach and I am still running  5 days a week, I love it, it´s something that just makes me feel good, positive, active, happy, pretty, strong, intelligent, free and healthy, these are just some words to get you an idea of how`s running definitely a 

ticket to happiness.

Adriana H. Gallego