Today I ran for the first time in a very long time. I am not a competitive person by nature and in the gym I lift just enough weight to feel some resistance and as soon as the timer goes off on my cardio I am out of there! I hate the gym. However, when I run outside I tend to wildly overestimate my athletic ability. Should you push yourself? Yes! Should you set big goals and really strive for them? Absolutely! But should you take a year off running and then set out to beat your 5k PR? Maybe not. So this probably hurt more than it needed to, but I'm not sorry I did it.
I purposely picked the hardest trail with a wickedly steep hill knowing that I literally COULD NOT run up it.
But I will.
I wanted to do the hardest thing I could so that when I conquer it I can look back to remember and appreciate how far I've come.
Also, really REALLY looking forward to fall!
Since the girls just started school again I decided to make some "new year" goals for myself:
1. Exercise in some way every week day. Even if that just means taking a walk around the neighborhood.
2. Keep the fridge cleaned out and stocked with healthy snacks for the girls and myself...this will be harder than running the dumb hill.
3. Run a race, 5k or longer.
4. Finish my 2018 reading goal of 57 books and start working on at least that many for next year.
If anyone actually reads this, I'd love to hear some of your goals or how you've crushed some huge goals in the past. I tend to get really excited about one thing and then find something else to get excited about and bail. How do you keep your motivation?
