I usually have a break from training in December. There is extra shopping and tasks to do for Christmas and I find it hard to fit running in. So I just give myself a break and try to run whenever I can and just enjoy it. The problem with that is I eat alot more at Christmas. There is a constant, glorious flow of chocolate and Bailey's Irish Cream which I just cant resist. I'm not proud of this but my daughter and I show each other our Christmas food baby bellies. Well I need to give birth to this baby!
I usually put on 10 lbs which is an annual event I need to put a stop to. By the time January comes I'm ready to get serious about running and working out again. This January I had a hard time getting started.
Maybe it was because I didn't have a huge goal to work towards like last years turning 50. I needed a new goal to get myself pumped up and excited about.
Then I had a great idea. I had a friend who had talked about doing a 5K. I wrote out a walk-to-run schedule for her and told her I would do the race with her at the end of the training. What a great idea ! I'm so awesome! I got all excited about whipping my friend's butt into shape but turns out she didn't want her butt whipped. Oh well, guess its just me and my ole butt for 2013. I picked some races for the year and told myself I was excited.
The day I was supposed to get back at it was really windy and cold. I had just come home from a bunch of frustrating errands and felt very frazzled. I knew I had to run or I would feel even worse. I had to get this year into gear. I just decided to go and not think about it. I put my running clothes on as fast as I could like I was in a hurry. I looked rather silly but I didn't think about the weather or how long I was going to go. I just pushed myself out the door as quick as I could.
It was cold at first but as always I had a great run. Whats so great about running is that you have this quiet time to really think about things. I was thinking about my ho hum start to my 2013 goals and I think my problem was that I needed it to be big and amazing to be worthwhile. But maybe it didn't need to be so big?
Maybe....... its just enough that I started.
Maybe...... if I just took the first step in my goals, God would take care of the rest and turn it into something big and amazing!
Maybe...... when I feel God nudging me to do something I should just do it quickly before I talk myself out of it and just push myself out the door.
You always end up having a good run. Wow running is so deep!
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