WHY???

Sometimes when I am rulking I wonder WHY am I doing this...then I remember MANY things...SMOB dress, gut, butt, thighs, the challenge to do something REALLY out of my COMFORT zone, and then I realize that I'm VERY lucky that I CAN do this. We have been given these bodies to care for, whether we are fit, unfit, tall, short, skinny, overweight. Just setting small goals to get started is what you need to do. Obtainable goals. That's how my runs have been. I may not run a mile straight, but I can run 2-3 minutes straight now, and I can make it to a visual goal when I choose too. These are obtainable goals for me right now and each week I try to give myself a little more challenge (with the help of my co-horts!). So try something simple and pat yourself on the back and give yourself a WOO-HOO when you do it!!

So, this weeks update. Tuesday I worked until 7:30 and was pretty sure I would do nothing when I got home as I was tired and had to pick up dinner on the way home. We STILL do not have a fridge, etc. due to lightening strike...living out of a cooler. FUN! Anyhow - I decided when I was driving up my street (thinking about the photo's of my gut I have) that I was going to do this. Pulled in the drive, made my daughter take the food in (if I had set it out, I would not have gone) and told my family I was going for my run...it was HARD...I was tired and I had the "wrong" mindset about not wanting to do it. I believe that you can really affect ANY workout by your mindset! I'm going to have to work HARD at that with this running stuff! LOL!

As for my rulk today....I asked my crazy running friend Julie for a 5 mile route by my house...she in turn asked her crazy son Donnie....so I kind of ran the route they gave me. I did an out and back with part of the route as I decided not to run on the Seymour Lake Road curves...so I will have to drive the route to get the exact mileage. Of course, I FORGOT that I would have to run UP the hill I came down on the way out. So I am VERY thankful for the crazy Richmond Runners, in a sick sadistic sort of way! LOL! Actually, I AM lucky to have access to them for help! It's like having my own personal running advisors!

Now I have to get better focused on my core circuit. I've been slacking on that. Once I get rid of the layers of fat on my lower body, then the core muscles will show if I can keep at it!

Okay...time to wake up...now that I've bored you to tears! But, this is great therapy for me! LOL! Enjoy your weekend! I have Friday as my work out day off! Yippee! LOL! Back at it saturday morning and Sunday afternoon though!

Send me your thoughts, comments, questions! (Is ANYBODY reading this??? LOL!)

Off and running.....