But really, what's the alternate growing up for the chubby kid? Embrace the one thing that reminds you more than anything else just how much extra you have to move? Smile and laugh as you trudge in the back of the pack while all the other waifs bound with gazelle-like grace, seeming loving nothing more than to put in a good 5 miles at some ungodly 6-minute-mile pace? I think not.
"I run my life.. or is it running me?" Thanks for reminding me Lady Antebellum, it's kind of scary when you don't know the real answer to that question.
So it only fitting that my favorite part of training is NOT the run. So much so that I've approach every running training session these past 2 weeks with a near-heart-attack. I've spent so long proverbially running away from my past, that physically running towards an actual goal terrifies me. But that HAS to change, and change now. So from here out, despite aches, pains, numbness and fears, stopping is not an option. Now world, please hold me to that...
Today's Jam: "I Run to You" by Lady Antebellum (Lady Antebellum, 2008)
Tri this Emotion: Sick & tired of being sick & tired (of running)
The Be-All End-All Attitude: One of my mentors this weekend told me while on a horrible run that "you just have to keep reminding yourself 'DO NOT STOP ' . I mean the cancer patients we're running for don't really get that option..."
I hate running, too, but I've never known that to stop either of us from running towards any goal that we set our minds to....case in point, this triathalon goal. I'm so proud of you for taking this on and I know YOU CAN DO IT. I see you at about age two: head down, determined, as we go around the track behind Grandma and Grandpa's house, stating, "I'm wunning, I'm wunning". My KayKay...Happy, determined. BE HAPPY. Keep "wunning". You are on your way. MOM
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