To be honest, the reason I haven't posted on here for a while is I felt like a broken record. ' I will REALLY do it this time.' or ' I know that NOW I need to really change my eating.' And like all the records before this one, I would really do it for a while. I would do what I said I would, and yes I would feel better, but then I would just stop. Either because I was doing so well I thought I could "treat myself", or I just simply stoped.
I am not posting today to say that Im going to do it this time around becuase I'm sure I will stop at some point. The thing is, I have 2 really big things that I would love to do. Things that will require me to get serious about endurance and strength training. Things that I know I'll regret NOT doing. The first one is a 5K called The Warrior Dash. A few years ago, a friend of mine sent me an email as a joke with information about this outrageous 5K obstical course. Though, she really sent it to me as a " yeah right, this would kill us but look at all the crazies that do it", I was so pumped about it. I wrote her back and said " LET"S DO IT!". that was 2 years ago. This year, I'm in a postion where I really could do it. My kids are older now, so I can sneak away and run for a bit, and get in the gym. I have been doing that atleast twice a week already but now I'm thinking I better pick up the pace. So for my birthday I asked my husband to pay mine AND HIS registration fee and he has to do it with me. It's pretty pricey for a 5K, but the memories will be worth it, and I figure a military style obstical course would make it more inticing for the guys. So we have a pretty big group going..
The second thing is the MS150. Its a 150 mile bike tour in Missouri. I know the MS150 is nation wide and well known among avid bikers, however I just learned about it a few months ago. 2 years ago, my wonderful Mom brought me her old bike from Colorado. She paid for a tune up for me to get it ready to ride. Sadly, the bike, new tune up and all, sat in my garage for a year. This year I have been getting it out more and realized I really enjoy riding. A friend later told me about the tour and I was instantly eager to sign up. I did some research online to see what I would need to do to prepare for such a long tour. To be honest, what I found discouraged me a little. 'You need to average 50-60 miles a week' one biker wrote. 'atleast 4-6 hours on your bike a day.' another one suggested. Now, I can manage an hour run, or even 2 hours at the gym, but 6 hours riding my bike is a little far fetched for a wife and mother of 2 kiddos. But I had to keep in mind, these are AVID bikers. A marathon runner will tell me I need to run 10 miles for a daily JOG. Im in a diffrent leaque than they are, and although they are more experienced than I am, I can't be discouraged because of that.
The bike tour does offer a shorter, easier route, but for now Im aiming to do the full 150. I even have a few friends who would join my team if I created one. So alas, for my birthday from the rest of my family and friends I have asked that they donate money to help me raise enough to enter in the MS150.
I could ask for many things that I want, but this is something that not only I,but others will benifit from too. It is also encouraging me to get out and burn those calories. I am motivated to, not kill myself, but challenge myself to get stronger for the 5K, and build endurance for the bike tour.
I would encourage anyone who gets bored just going to the gym day after day with no real goal, to look around your area and find those races and bike tours. You will find that there are a lot of people around you looking for the same kind of atmosphere. Your energy is diffrent when you surround yourself with people with similar goals. People to push you, people to encourage you, people to drag you out of your box.
So heres to getting out of my box and getting ready for september. If you live close to the Kansas City area, check out the Warrior Dash. Its September 29th in old Monroe, MO. and if you are close to the Jeff City area and would like to join my team, check out the MS150 to Columbia,MO. September 8-9. I'll post details on my team later. Join me in trying something you have never done before. Get out there and burn some calories, sweat A LOT, and feel amazing! Happy Dropin!
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