Don’t write yourself off yet!
Uncategorized August 28th, 2008Picture this: chubby yet fabulous me, sweating like tiny2be on the treadmill, wanting to get off the damn thing and go shopping for our exciting camping trip that starts tomorrow, thinking it is pointless to run cause I am NEVER gonna be able to run a 5k without dying. Cue music: Hey! Don’t write yourself off yet! And I think to myself, Jimmy Eats World, you have a damn good point. And I’ll start tomorrow morning, as my 2.5 miles is done for the day! buahahhaa I know, it was a moment of inspiration and I let it pass, but running really is so hard for me. I mean, I dunno how big of a difference it makes, but I weigh a LOT. The hubbs says it will get easier the more I do it, but realistically I wanna weigh around 170 and that is still the “Athena” division for the races here on base. Athena is the nice way of saying “big girl.” My doc says I am lucky and that I can totally take the division if I could just get my mind in the game. We’ll see. I wanna do at least the mud run next year, and maybe the 10k too, if I could get serious about training.
So in other news, today was an amazing day. Yay! Work was good, lunch with the girls was perfect and much needed, and the boys were all good at school and daycare, respectively. And to top it off, we are going camping supply shopping in a little bit for a few odds and ends. I am so stoked about our trip tomorrow!!
Alright, that’s all I got. Have a great night, chickies!
August 28th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
You totally should check this out. It is a link about a man who decided BEFORE he lost weight that he was going to be a runner. And that he did! His fat to 5k page is here: http://fatto5k.blogspot.com/ and then he moved on from there to this page http://emilvonrunner.blogspot.com/ about pursuing a half marathon. His is not the only story like that.
Your doubts are so totally normal. I have been there and I tend to return there every time I get hormonal. It is my next challenge, to get rid of the days when I feel like I can’t do this and totally 100% OWN THIS as who I am now, the new me. you have it, the desire to run. It is obvious. So you are on your way!
We have a version of the mud run here, although not as tough I am sure. It is my dream to be able to do that some day because I just can’t imagine ANYTHING further from who I used to be than that!!
Have a great weekend!