Goals

So in my quest to not weigh a million pounds and be like every other woman who has had a baby and not happy with themselves, I set a goal for myself. I want to "run", or should I say complete, a marathon before I'm 40. That gives me 3 1/2 years to do it.



I decided for the first time in a long while that I would not procrastinate on this one. I am the queen of working under pressure.. in fact, it is under pressure that I do some of my best work. It is what makes me a great fit for the career I'm in... working well under pressure.

But for this task I have decided to not wait until I am 3 months shy of turning 40. I don't know why I picked 40, it just seemed like a good age. The time in your life when you are either in your prime, or quickly climbing to the top of "the hill".



Well today I took my first step (pun intended) toward reaching my goal. I've done the research, talked with successful marathoners, downloaded a training guide, bought new shoes and winter running gear, and told just enough people to embarrass myself if I don't follow through. I am ready. Up until today it was just talk. Today, during my lunch break I actually began the training schedule. I don't officially have to start the training schedule until the week of Christmas, but hey, I am an overacheiver.

I ran 2 miles at lunch, grabbed a salad and am halfway finished with my 70 ounces of water for the day. Not bad.



Problem is this.. I went to my normal boot camp class this morning. We focused on legs!! So when I stop to think about it I did 700+ squats this morning, my normal core work and then ran 2 miles. No wonder my legs were on fire the last 1/2 mile.



As I was running at noon with my face freezing off because it's 25 degrees outside I thought to myself.... why am I doing this? Who is making me do this? Oh yeah, that would be ME.. just ME.



I don't know if I'll meet my goal in April of running the full Memorial Marathon, but I am sure that when I'm officially "over the hill" I'll run to the top and coast all the way down the back side of it!!