Hi y'all,
Lately it seems that all I do is apologize for not doing what I want to do. Did I stop running? Like hell I did. I still go out about 3 times a week for a run but getting down to the gutting truth...I have not been taking care of myself the way I should. I want to run, I want to be fit again and I want the title of my blog to be more than just that one...the one.
Somehow everybody keeps telling me I should not forget what I've been through and to take it easy, be kind to myself, look at myself with some compassion and it hasn't even been a year and this is profound and I need time. The thing however is I'm not sure this is what I need. For me it feels like I need the cold hard truth because I feel like I'm hiding away from myself, allowing my work-a-holic- self to take over, leaving no room for what matters in life. I'm no shrink but I don't think I'm grieve stricken and mad all the time, if anything I need to just..well...grow a pair So what truth am I talink about? For me the questions preceding the truth I'm talking about are:
1. Do you want to be able to run another full marathon?
2. Do you want to feel as fit as you did 2 years ago?
3. Do you want to look as good as you did 2 years ago?
And the answer to all of that is a whole hearted YES I DO. Than the simple answer is: The will to succeed is nothing without the will to prepare. So just MAKE time and be honest about your food, your work-outs and your goal. Time is not something we have, it has to be made. I need to find the energy to get up, get out and work-out.
So today I worked up the nerve to go to a meeting looking like a sausage in tights but I wanted to run and if there ever was a meeting I was sure to get away with it, it was this one. So upon the good advice of one of the ultra runners there I decided to run the Nijkerker nauw for a 3.2 mile run and it was beautiful. I was out of breath, my legs still hurting from yesterday's shape class and I needed to walk bits but I ran. Second run this week. So how to go about growing a pair? My plan is to:
1. Find a new and awesome huge goal
2. Work up a plan to get there
3. Create a routine for running, core and strenght AND swimming.
4. Stick to the plan.
Next up: finding a new huge and awesome goal and I might just have found one today.....but I need a GO...so there's that. For now today's run was really beautiful and for now that is encouraging. The new huge and awesome goal will present itself and the rest? Will follow. I know it will. So here's to making time....
Keep it unreal and make it happen. No limits, no regrets.
Until we read again, as always
Love Marlies
Lately it seems that all I do is apologize for not doing what I want to do. Did I stop running? Like hell I did. I still go out about 3 times a week for a run but getting down to the gutting truth...I have not been taking care of myself the way I should. I want to run, I want to be fit again and I want the title of my blog to be more than just that one...the one.
Somehow everybody keeps telling me I should not forget what I've been through and to take it easy, be kind to myself, look at myself with some compassion and it hasn't even been a year and this is profound and I need time. The thing however is I'm not sure this is what I need. For me it feels like I need the cold hard truth because I feel like I'm hiding away from myself, allowing my work-a-holic- self to take over, leaving no room for what matters in life. I'm no shrink but I don't think I'm grieve stricken and mad all the time, if anything I need to just..well...grow a pair So what truth am I talink about? For me the questions preceding the truth I'm talking about are:
1. Do you want to be able to run another full marathon?
2. Do you want to feel as fit as you did 2 years ago?
3. Do you want to look as good as you did 2 years ago?
And the answer to all of that is a whole hearted YES I DO. Than the simple answer is: The will to succeed is nothing without the will to prepare. So just MAKE time and be honest about your food, your work-outs and your goal. Time is not something we have, it has to be made. I need to find the energy to get up, get out and work-out.
So today I worked up the nerve to go to a meeting looking like a sausage in tights but I wanted to run and if there ever was a meeting I was sure to get away with it, it was this one. So upon the good advice of one of the ultra runners there I decided to run the Nijkerker nauw for a 3.2 mile run and it was beautiful. I was out of breath, my legs still hurting from yesterday's shape class and I needed to walk bits but I ran. Second run this week. So how to go about growing a pair? My plan is to:
1. Find a new and awesome huge goal
2. Work up a plan to get there
3. Create a routine for running, core and strenght AND swimming.
4. Stick to the plan.
Next up: finding a new huge and awesome goal and I might just have found one today.....but I need a GO...so there's that. For now today's run was really beautiful and for now that is encouraging. The new huge and awesome goal will present itself and the rest? Will follow. I know it will. So here's to making time....
Keep it unreal and make it happen. No limits, no regrets.
Until we read again, as always
Love Marlies
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