Can I just say that?
I don't even like sweets or chocolate that much.
The only thing that sucks more than Halloween is the week that I've had after Halloween..
Work-outs: Zero
"Fun-Size" Snickers Treats: about a dozen, but who's counting?
I was going to put off the scale for another week or month or so, but it's been awhile and I felt I needed this kick in the ass.
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| my nemesis this week.. +1.6lbs |
Sh*t.. what's wrong with me this week? Is it the upcoming Daylight Savings Time? It is pitch black outside at 7:00AM now (but that shouldn't stop me from biking or rowing in my garage.. so that excuse is 99.9% lame).
Anyone else having trouble with motivation lately?
Thanks to the wonders of Twitter, right when you need it most, you get an inspirational tweet. I slept in and didn't work out this AM, but I did read Sam's latest entry on his awesome Operation Jack blog. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out. In brief, in the days of his youth, Sam was thrown into a pool (bullies? he doesn't really say..) and broke his neck. Luckily, he not only survived and recovered, but thrived! Now, he has a wonderful family with a middle child named "Jack". Jack has autism, and Sam's cause has been to run 61 Marathons this year (with his healed broken neck), in honor of his son Jack and to raise awareness and money for the cause of autism (Train4Autism). Ok, what was my lame excuse for not running yesterday, and again this morning? I can't remember now.
That was a nice little shot of motivation in the butt.. but clearly not enough to fully revive this sleeping giant.
I need to snap out of it, STAT! (as they say in my field..)
Here's what I did today to grab the bull by the horns:
(1) called a few patients in early, so I can hopefully get out early to run. Worked through my lunch to squeeze them in.
(2) RSVP'd for the Sole Runners mid-week run.. TONIGHT. Yes!
(3) During my working lunch I also printed out and penciled in an 18-week training plan. Thanks Glenn (TheRunningFatGuy) who steered me to Hal Higdon's Marathon training plans and website.
What else... there was one other thing I did.. what was it? hmm...
oh yeah..
this...
(4)
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| oh Sh*t.. my first marathon (I hope) |
Awesome. Congrats on signing up. That will motivate you.
ReplyDeleteI spoke to my coach yesterday b/c getting in the pool was the last place I wanted to be and she told me that the first week of the time switch is the toughest then you get used to it and before you know it the time switches again for the better.
LOL believe it or not, I hadn't seen this yet, I just was going off your last comment. Look for me on Saturdays! I run with Group 2 most of the time but during cutback week I run with my old group, group 4, which will be this week!!! So funny you already signed up!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on signing up! I ran LA when it was a different course and loved it! Its really inspiration to see all of the kids in that running program for underpriviledged high school kids.. whose name I can't remember. It seemed like there were thousands past and present.
ReplyDeleteI've used Hal Higdon's programs as a skeleton for what I end up training off of. They seem to work! Good luck in training!
Ahhh!!!! Yayy!!!!!!!!!!!! It's my first full too! We can keep each other motivated!!!
ReplyDeleteSee you at Sole Runners today!
Congrats on committing Jay! The key is consistency in your training. Missing a day here or there in the big picture doesn't mean a whole lot. Just reduce the number of days missed.
ReplyDeleteThat really is a motivational story! And you can certainly do the marathon. :) Good luck with the training and everything.
ReplyDeleteGo, Jay, go! I am so freakin' proud of you for registering for LA!
ReplyDeleteGreat poost thankyou
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