Three years ago today I wrote my very first post on runner’s rambles. Today, on my blog’s third birthday, I am posting my 600th!
At the time, I had a few friends who had blogs. They were not about running, but I loved reading them and thought it would be a fun outlet to have of my own. That night I sat down with Chris’s laptop, opened up blogger and somehow came up with this same blog title and just got writing, having NO idea what it would turn into.
I had no idea there was a huge community of running bloggers.
I had no idea I would meet so many amazing friends solely from this blog.
I had no idea it would become such a big part of my life.
3 years and 600 posts later and I feel like I am just getting started! I am still in the process of finding my style and direction. It has definitely come a long way since day one but I also think it will always be a work in progress, as blogging should be.
We have been through a lot in the past 3 years. I started with my very first race at an 8:20 pace and a year and nine months later turned that into my full marathon pace. I have documented my very first double digit mileage run, running my first half marathon and marathon, the 17 and 7 since those, and pretty much every single mile in between. I have had some amazing days full of runner’s high and pride, and have also had some days where I questioned why I do this at all. I love that I am able to look back on every single moment, good and bad.
Being part of such a supportive community of runners has made my experience the last 3 years even better than I could have imagined. The comments I receive, the emails that I will never delete, and the people I meet at races make running and blogging even better than I ever could have imagined. Thank you for reading. Thank you for taking the time to comment and email (I read every single one). Thank you for celebrating my accomplishments with me and supporting me through the days that are tough. Thank you for making me want to write and thank you for making me want to run. Who knows where my running would be without you guys!
Happy birthday little bloggie, here is to many more!
Happy blogiversary!
Happy third blog birthday! I hope you continue for many more years- I love reading
Happy blogoversery!
Cute post Aron! It’s fun to have a blog not only for the present but also to go back and relive all the highlights. You have a lot to be proud of. Can’t wait to hear what you do next.
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! i’m so glad that i’ve gotten to know you through your blog
Yay! My running blog started the same way- I was following my friends’ blogs and just decided to start one of my own.
Happy birthday, blog! Congrats to you, Aron!
Awesome! I started reading your blog thanks to our SFM ambassador deal.
) Love your passoin for running and your ability to blog so much! Its always comforting to read the thoughts of someone you dont know that well, and realize they think and feel so much like you do. Crazy small world right?
wow, congrats on 3 years and 600! Here’s to many more.
congrats! you really have done an amazing amount of running in 3 years, more than some people do in a lifetime!
Happy Birthday Blog!!! I love the pics through the years! You have accomplished so much in 3 years!!! Way to go!
happy blog birthday – to many many more!
Happy Blog-a-versary!
Blogiversary AND Runniversary within a few days of each other?!?!? AWESOME! So glad you started the blog back then… can’t imagine my running/blogging life without your smiling face!
Happy blogiversary runners rambles! I am so happy you started it and kept it amazing so I could become soon-to-be (yayyyyy BOSTON) IRL friends with you!
yayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! Can’t wait to post a ton of new blogger meet up pics in 2 months
Yours was one of the first I found two years ago when I started- I feel lucky to have followed you on this journey and I am very excited to meet up in Boston!
ME TOO!
Awesome post and Happy Blogiversary!!!3 years – wow!!! I love looking back on old posts. Funny how things seem to have changed so much and yet they really are the same……..
Three years already! That means my three year blog anniversary is coming up soon!! can’t believe how time flies!
Happy Blog Birthday!!
happy 3 years! blogging has certainly made life and running even better than it already was
Yay! Happy birthday to your blog
Here’s to many more!
Happy Bday blog!
Happy Blogversary! I love reading your training and race recaps so it’s a great thing that you started here at Runners Rambles.
Happy Blog Birthday! Funny that we both started our blogs within one day of each other.
Happy 3rd Blog Birthday!!! I really enjoy all your marathon advice!! Thanks for sharing
happy blogiversary! i learn so much from reading runner’s rambles and appreciate all the work you put into it!
Happy Blog Birthday!! I think it’s amazing how much you’ve documented over the three years. Being able to look back at almost every run is a pretty cool thing. Sometimes it makes me wish that I actually wrote about my runs more often… Anyway, congrats on meeting another milestone (runniversary then blogiversary!). I love reading your ramble’s
Here’s to many more great years!!
Happy blog birthday! wow I can’t belive it’s been 3 years…time flies when you’re having fun!
Happy (belated) birthday to your blog! I’m so glad you started blogging and I can’t wait to meet you in May!