I know it's been a while but I am still going strong on my fitness journey. I have been really consistent with my exercise and have found that I am way happier when I find time to fit my exercise in! I have been averaging exercising 5 times each week and realize I am a much more pleasant Mom when I have already been to the gym in the morning before my kids wake up. I have never been a morning person and it takes me a while to wake up and put on the happy face that my kids deserve and need.
My friend was talking me with me last week and offered her Salt Lake Half Marathon ticket to me. She is currently training for a full marathon in June and has already committed to a few more races throughout the summer so she decided to sell her half marathon ticket. It was really tempting at first but the more I thought about it I became discouraged and not sure if I was ready for it. At that point the most I had ever ran was 9 miles and that race was 2 weeks away. This same friend was encouraging me to do it and reminded me how far I have come since last summer. She is the same friend I did a couple runs with when I was training for my mini triathlon and she reminded me that when we were running I could barely run 2 miles without stopping and now I was doing 9. My husband was encouraging me as well and also reminded me how far I've come! After a lot of thought, I decided to do it and I am now getting really excited! Last Saturday I ran 11 miles in 1:41 minutes. That is really awesome for me and I proved to myself that I can accomplish hard things. On the training program I have been using it quotes George S. Patton, a 1912 Olympian and it says...
"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
Durning the last 2 miles of that run I really had to remember this and let my mind control my body and try really hard not to focus on the aching muscles I had. I am really enjoying this journey and have also enjoyed turning my weakness to strengths and proving to myself that I can do hard things!!
