Today I continued my streak of trying to be a little bit better than yesterday. The first day was easy. I had to do a little bit more than next to nothing. Every day beyond that has been a challenge.
I'm not saying that a couple weeks into this I am already fighting to find motivation. I'm saying that for me, personally, I want to do something more every time I go into the gym. If I started at 3.5 miles per hour one day (don't judge....I'm working on it) then the next day I want to do 3.6 mph. If I did 2 miles the first day, I want to do 2.1 the next. We've given ourselves a healthy chunk of preparation time to get ready so I am not trying to burn up the record charts. For me, every day that I get out there is a record and I want to keep breaking them daily.
I mentioned that Jake had a friend join us in our quest. Now another friend of his has joined the preparations. He hasn't said that he wants to do the marathon but I don't think it's because he can't do it. I think that is only because he doesn't want to spend that much time running. We'll see.
As I ran/walked my way past an hour and some the boys all went into the back to do some weight training. As I passed 4 miles (a little farther than before) I called it a night. I went back into the gym and saw them doing a contest on the pull-up bar. Jake lifted his knees up to his chest, brought them over his head, and dropped them down toward the ground making his arms look twisted and his face red. It looked like the adult version of when dads have little kids walk up their legs, spin over the top, and then drop to the floor only to say, "Do it again Daddy!" Jake, instead of dropping to the floor, did the entire process in reverse like an Olympic gymnast on those hanging ring things. (I'm going to have to warn him that there is a large *no pun intended* **well maybe I intended it a little** group of people who secretly dislike people with only 8% body fat and he should watch the showing off stuff.) The other two guys tried it but they have a few more practice sessions before they do it as effortlessly. I then told the boys to step aside so I could show them how it was done. I know my place in our little band of runners...comic relief.
I just wanted to take a minute to jot down today's success...a little bit better...and try to find a ticker on the web so I can keep track of how many miles I run while training. I found some that will talk about weight loss...but none that will count up miles. Not sure what I have to do. Does anyone have any ideas where I could find something like that?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller...Bueller...
I'm not saying that a couple weeks into this I am already fighting to find motivation. I'm saying that for me, personally, I want to do something more every time I go into the gym. If I started at 3.5 miles per hour one day (don't judge....I'm working on it) then the next day I want to do 3.6 mph. If I did 2 miles the first day, I want to do 2.1 the next. We've given ourselves a healthy chunk of preparation time to get ready so I am not trying to burn up the record charts. For me, every day that I get out there is a record and I want to keep breaking them daily.
I mentioned that Jake had a friend join us in our quest. Now another friend of his has joined the preparations. He hasn't said that he wants to do the marathon but I don't think it's because he can't do it. I think that is only because he doesn't want to spend that much time running. We'll see.
As I ran/walked my way past an hour and some the boys all went into the back to do some weight training. As I passed 4 miles (a little farther than before) I called it a night. I went back into the gym and saw them doing a contest on the pull-up bar. Jake lifted his knees up to his chest, brought them over his head, and dropped them down toward the ground making his arms look twisted and his face red. It looked like the adult version of when dads have little kids walk up their legs, spin over the top, and then drop to the floor only to say, "Do it again Daddy!" Jake, instead of dropping to the floor, did the entire process in reverse like an Olympic gymnast on those hanging ring things. (I'm going to have to warn him that there is a large *no pun intended* **well maybe I intended it a little** group of people who secretly dislike people with only 8% body fat and he should watch the showing off stuff.) The other two guys tried it but they have a few more practice sessions before they do it as effortlessly. I then told the boys to step aside so I could show them how it was done. I know my place in our little band of runners...comic relief.
I just wanted to take a minute to jot down today's success...a little bit better...and try to find a ticker on the web so I can keep track of how many miles I run while training. I found some that will talk about weight loss...but none that will count up miles. Not sure what I have to do. Does anyone have any ideas where I could find something like that?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller...Bueller...
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