In vs. Out

What's up everybody!?!?! Yay TODAY, is the first day of the rest of our lives! We are going to be strong, fit, healthy, and maybe even a little bit skinny at the end of this 9 weeks. I can feel it, it's going to be a great competition. Did you notice the side bar? There are NINE of us so far!! For real, that is some serious cash the winner will receive!!!!

As you know, I have been doing some running lately, all of that running has been on a treadmill. My absolute, all time farthest run EVER is 4 miles. I went to the gym yesterday, still sore from volleyball and went 3 miles, but felt certain I was about to kill over dead so I had to stop. I decided today, after our funeral (which was such a beautiful celebration of life and all that is good in it) that I deserved a little me time. I took off on foot outside!! Well, outside running is a bit different for me than treadmill running.

Everyone I have ever talked to about running is either an A.)INDOOR runner or B.) OUTDOOR runner. I think I must be an indoor, though I really want to be an outdoor one. I clocked my run after I got home and it was only 1.9 miles. It was a hard run, I was sweaty and out of breath as normal... just hadn't gone as far as I thought I could.

I guess you just have to acclimate your body to anything new. It will take me some time, but I am confident that I can become any darn sort of runner I want to be. And today, I decide I want to be an indoor and an outdoor runner. So here is to the start of something new for my body.

I hope that you all know that as well. What is hard today, will not be hard in two weeks. We must teach our bodies new things, and as our brains tell them what to do... our bodies will respond and strengthen and condition themselves to fullfill those tasks that we have set them out to do. Don't limit yourself from something because you don't think your body can do it. Maybe today it can not. But take it slow and teach your body the basics and it will catch up... before you know it what was hard today will be a piece of... (no I will not say a piece of what) easy in a couple of weeks.

Good Luck to our bodies! Be easy and talk softly to them! Remember that even if they don't look exactly they way you want them to, they still fulfill some very important roles for us each and everyday... and for that we must be thankful!