It's been crazy

I have been like one week on and then one week off and on and off
and then last week I got the stomach flu and then we had Thanksgiving
and so TODAY Christy and I got it together and started on the P90X again.
We have BIG goals for the first of the year and BIG goals for long term!
I
AM
EXCITED!
I cannot wait for May - the 1/2 marathon is going to be amazing!
I
AM
EXCITED!

On plan

I have been VERY on plan this week.
I know, it's only Wed but I am pumped up.
I have been on my WW points all week and
I have worked out to my P90X everyday as
well as getting in a REALLY GOOD walk n
jog last night. I am VERY on plan.
I love it!

and here is some food for thought....

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Reaching Your Dream Takes Courage

Courage is admitting that you're afraid and facing that fear directly. It's being strong enough to ask for help and humble enough to accept it.

Courage is standing up for what you believe in without worrying about the opinions of others. It's following your own heart, living your own life, and settling for nothing less than the best for yourself.

Courage is daring to take a first step, a big leap, or a different path. It's attempting to do something that no one has done before and all others thought impossible.

Courage is keeping heart in the face of disappointment and looking at defeat not as an end but as a new beginning. It's believing that things will ultimately get better even as they get worse.

Courage is being responsible for your own actions and admitting your own mistakes without placing blame on others. It's relying not on others for your success, but on your own skills and efforts.

Courage is refusing to quit even when you're intimidated by impossibility. It's choosing a goal, sticking with it, and finding solutions to the problems.

Courage is thinking big, aiming high, and shooting far. It's taking a dream and doing anything, risking everything, and stopping at nothing to it make it a reality.

~ Caroline Kent ~

workout this a.m.

did a 45 min p90x workout with Christy this a.m.
kicked my trash and I needed it




{NEEDED} is the key word here.....

COLD

{It has been
COLD
COLD
COLD here.}

Too cold for a.m. running.
Too busy for evening running.
No time during the day (work).
Missing my morning P90X workouts.
Feeling the 'chub' big time.

AAAAAACK!

nothing

that is what i have been doing on my MAD marathon journey
N O T H I N G at all
no running, no p90x, no nothing.
totally SUCKS too

(and the weather has been freaking COLD in the mornings)

boo

my amazing family

I have so many amazing examples around me
my sisters, my cousins, nieces and nephews
and so many others... I am so thankful for
the presence of them in my life and the example
of good health they show me.
In June (while I was on vaca in Disney) they
did the Sawtooth Relay Run - AMAZING feat!
I am VERY thankful for my AMAZING family!
YOU GUYS ROCK!

Sat evening jog

Finally got myself motivated to go this evening.
Took our exchange daughter Lea with me.
INTERESTING.
OK well long story short, I did about 2 miles
with walk and jog intervals of 1/4 mile each.
My running times were good too, a bit faster than
norm which is cool. Not as fast as the massive
downpour rain run from last week but a bit faster.
I will take it.
WHY? did I run faster? Here is my theory.
Lea is FAST! Really really really fast. She is a
cross country/distance runner. She ran the WHOLE time
and lapped me
ONE...
TWO...
THREE... times! Good mercy!




I think I figured out she runs about a 7.5 minute mile!
That is about twice as fast as me! LOLOL
She was very kind though, I kept telling her she cannot
laugh at me. We had a great time and she kept me moving.
Craziness!!!