Sunday, September 25, 2011

19 Day until Race Day

Can you believe it, I am less that 19 days away from my half marathon.  That is a grand total of 13.1 miles that will be filled with running, walking, sweat, noise, silence, thinking and ultimate victory.

Am I ready....HECK NO!!  Have I diligently prepared for this race...DOUBLE HECK NO!!!  Do I want to through in the towel and not do the race...HEAVENS YES!!!  But, I made a commitment to do full marathon, half marathon, 10k and a 5k.  I've done a few 5k's and one 10k to date.  I can't quit at this point, I just can't.

You know, we all have decisions and choices to make throughout the course of our life.  Either those decisions are going to be made based on how we "feel" or they will be made out of "focus" to really accomplish the goal.  For the past few months I felt like I lost my "mojo", but today I was really challenged in focusing my goals and being intentional in taking the necessary steps to accomplish those goals.  I have the plan, I have the resources to execute the plan, now it's time to just do the plan.  Sometimes we gotta do things that we don't want to do in order get to the place we wanna be.  Am I ready to do that..........no, but working the plan is necessary to avoid living a life filled with I "coulda, woulda, shoulda".

Tomorrow is a new day which will be filled with new choices, new obstacles and new challenges.  So that I'm prepared, my five goals for the week are:

1.  Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner & drink a gallon of water every day
2.  Run/Walk for one hour every day totaling at least 30 miles this week
3.  Ride my bike for at least 12 miles this week
4.  Core training 3 days this week for at least 45 minutes
5.  Blog my progress which creates accountability

Come back tomorrow to find out how Monday turned out!

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