Wow. Time flies!!! I can't believe that I haven't posted a blog since Thanksgiving...yikes. Well the good news is, I have still been working away at my goal. I'm very pleased to say that through the holidays I've maintained my weight loss. I'm still hovering around the 25 lbs lost mark. I admit that once the Fleet Feet No Boundaries running program ended mid-December that I really backed off of running for a while.
I ran only a couple times during the whole month of January. I had some foot pain so part of that was just resting my foot but part of it was just that it was so dang cold outside! ;)
NoBo started back up a few weeks ago and I'm proud to say that I've been able to make most of the training sessions so far. I'm also very happy that my times are steadily hovering around the 14 minute a mile mark. I'm hopeful that in the next couple weeks that I can push myself to go up a little bit to the 13's group. I'm still in the process of picking my races for the year but I'm excited to say that 11 months after I first went out for a run that I'm still running all these months later!!!
I've been putting together some goals for the year (I know, I know...it's already almost March) and I plan to share those in the next few days. I'm just a few days away from the 2nd anniversary of my mom's passing. It seems fitting that I unveil these goals for the year as I get ready for that day. Thanks for all the wonderful support...it really means the world to me!
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving Mom!
Dear Mom,
It's hard to believe it's been a year and eight months since you passed. I miss you every day. Today is Thanksgiving and I'm so thankful that I had a wonderful mother like you. I think you would be pretty proud of how I am (finally) starting to fulfill my promise to you, mom. At this point I've lost about 27 lbs since the spring. It took me a while to get going but I don't think I've ever been more committed to exercise than I am right now. Beyond the weight loss, I just feel good!
This morning I ran the Race with Grace 10K! It was by far the longest I've ever run and I am so excited to tell you that I ran the whole thing. Dad came out to cheer me on. As I ran through the finish line I thought of you and what you would be thinking of this whole thing. I know you would be proud and perhaps a little surprised. I know I am surprised. There have been a few things in my life that I have really set my mind to and accomplished something amazing. This is one of those times.
Whenever I get tired or discouraged and think I can't keep going, I think of you mom. Not only how doggedly you fought your disease, but also just how doggedly you lived your life. You had a lot of loss and tough things happen and you just kept going, picking yourself up and moving on. You left us all a wonderful example to follow.
I miss you tons and wish more than anything I could drive to your house and tell you this in person, but I guess I'll have to rely on the heavenly internet.
Happy Thanksgiving Mom!
It's hard to believe it's been a year and eight months since you passed. I miss you every day. Today is Thanksgiving and I'm so thankful that I had a wonderful mother like you. I think you would be pretty proud of how I am (finally) starting to fulfill my promise to you, mom. At this point I've lost about 27 lbs since the spring. It took me a while to get going but I don't think I've ever been more committed to exercise than I am right now. Beyond the weight loss, I just feel good!
This morning I ran the Race with Grace 10K! It was by far the longest I've ever run and I am so excited to tell you that I ran the whole thing. Dad came out to cheer me on. As I ran through the finish line I thought of you and what you would be thinking of this whole thing. I know you would be proud and perhaps a little surprised. I know I am surprised. There have been a few things in my life that I have really set my mind to and accomplished something amazing. This is one of those times.
Whenever I get tired or discouraged and think I can't keep going, I think of you mom. Not only how doggedly you fought your disease, but also just how doggedly you lived your life. You had a lot of loss and tough things happen and you just kept going, picking yourself up and moving on. You left us all a wonderful example to follow.
I miss you tons and wish more than anything I could drive to your house and tell you this in person, but I guess I'll have to rely on the heavenly internet.
Happy Thanksgiving Mom!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Day 3
Today was my third day of working out. I did the week 1, day 2 workout for Couch 2 5K. Yesterday I did 60 minutes of yoga. I hope to alternate the two workouts over the next few weeks. I admit, I'm pretty sore tonight. I want to be careful how much I increase the running at this point so I may end up repeating week 1 again.
Today I was inspired by this quote:
So, what's your inspiration?
Today I was inspired by this quote:
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark TwainIf there is anything I learned by going through things with my mom's illness, it is you shouldn't put off tomorrow's plans forever. I'm a terrible procrastinator sometimes. Sometimes you have to be. You can't possibly live with a "Carpe Diem" attitude every single day. That said, I want to slowly start changing my attitude. Get out of the rut. Do the things you dream of doing. You may not accomplish them all at once, in fact, you may never accomplish them at all. But I am firmly convinced that the journey is worth it.
So, what's your inspiration?
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