Revising my training for fall.

Start from scratch with my running program in early 2010. I am on my 7th week of P90X after taking 2 weeks off to recover a running-induced strain. It has taken 3 months, but I am beginning to learn to pace myself successfully for these intense workouts. I have never, ever been so flexible.

And I am NOT quitting.


Sept 2009
A new month already? Time is flying, but I haven 't been slacking. No missed ...

Revising my training for fall.

Start from scratch with my running program in early 2010. I am on my 7th week of P90X after taking 2 weeks off to recover a running-induced strain. It has taken 3 months, but I am beginning to learn to pace myself successfully for these intense workouts. I have never, ever been so flexible.

And I am NOT quitting.


Sept 2009
A new month already? Time is flying, but I haven 't been slacking. No missed workouts, just missed runs. I still have the highest expectations from myself. Longing to be like the runner in the photo who runs on Cannon Beach, OR.


August 2009
IMAGINE GREATER!

I love the new theme of the SyFy Channel and it has challenged me to dig deep within myself this month. I am almost through the soreness of P90X and will focus on finding the calorie balance that is right for me. My running mileage suffered this last week, and that is priority for me after registering for my first half marathon in less than 23 weeks.
August holds formidable obstacles, but I will "BRING IT", as Tony Horton says. This is part of the new me I am working to be.



I Think I have a runners heart.
July 2009

As I continue running more each week, I am beginning to understand why runners love it so much. Even with the summer heat, I look forward to getting out there - just by myself. No interruptions nor distractions, just concentrating on moving my feet. This is MY time, and I like it! This month I will be signing up for the half-marathon I plan to RUN (YES!) on New Years Day. I have so many Spark Friends that are helping me every step of the way. They believe in me, and so do I.

I do not know the runner in my new background photo, just that he is running on Cannon Beach in Oregon. Having lived in the region for two years, I can almost feel the mist from the surf and the biting wind from the system I see moving in. This photo is a symbol of what I am working to be.



June 3, 2009
With my first timed race behind me, I feel "official" - like I won't be arrested by the fitness police when I say that I am a runner. I have told Spark friends that anyone who runs, is a runner, regardless if they sign up and run in races or not. I still believe that, but with my first race completed, I feel that I have added validity and authority when I say that I AM A RUNNER. Albeit a slow runner, but I am working to change that. It is hard to keep from getting tripped up in my slow speed, but when I think that at the beginning of the year, I could not run 5 minutes without stopping - now I can run 30 on a good day, I know that I am capable of improving if I am willing to put in the time.

I want to say thanks to the many who have inspired me by example - the truly special are my added friends. I hope to be as effective and uplifting to others, as they have been to me.

April 2009
Just an average woman wanting to be the best I can be. Working to remove the extra body fat; training to run my first 5k; training for strength. More than any other thing, I want to feel that I have accomplished all this by the time of my daughter's wedding next April.


"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas Edison

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." Bill Cosby

"Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got." Jim Rohn


"Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit." Robert Schuller


Earlier this month (Jan 2009), I stated that if I don"t make progress this year on Spark, that I was leaving this wonderful world of people. I have been on Spark 3 years, with a 30# gain instead of the 30# I had planned to lose. Well, being the woman that I am, I have changed my mind because I AM NOT QUITTING. I have been at this weight for over a year. If I quit, there would be no end in sight to the numbers on the scale. I am determined to get lean and to get strong. I am disciplined enough to make the proper nutrition choices to bring these changes to my body.

Besides my decision not to quit, mid-month my beautiful daughter became engaged. Thankfully, they set the date for spring 2010, which gives me plenty of time to become the fit and healthy woman I want to be. I want to wear clothes that are made to fit, not cover and I want to burn every pair of elastic pants I own.

Thanks to SMURFETTE0725 for my change in focus. This woman posts more information in her blogs and on her Spark page than I can learn on my own. She stays on the cutting edge and freely shares with the rest of us. She notes "NRoL4W" : New Rules of Lifting for Women - Lift like a man, Look like a Goddess. I have always loved those glistening, bulging bodies that gave an anatomy lesson as they posed. When I did strength training, I always got bored and quit. As I wait for my copy to arrive, I got "New Rules for Lifting" (for men) from my library and I am looking forward to starting this way of weight lifting. I hope to ultimately shift most of my workouts to be centered around body building. I expect to have many blogs describing this journey.

There is also the empowerment that came by throwing out all excuses. Simply put, I am the only one responsible for what I eat, how I move, what I think, how I behave, etc. Ultimately, I do not care WHY! I only want to know how can I keep it from happening again, or how can I work around it?

Quotes that keep me going. . . . . . . . .

"Do or do not. There is no try." Yoda

"Go hard or go home."

"What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?" Robert Schuller

"Failure doesn't mean that you are a failure; it just means that you haven't succeeded yet." Robert Schuller

"Who you are speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you're saying." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work." Mark Twain

"Treat people better than they treat you. Give better than you get." LeannRocks

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." Margaret Thatcher

"No one ever excused his way to success." Dave Del Dotto

"Quitting is the easiest part of the task. Save it for the last. You can always do it later - after you've attained success. . . and don"t have anymore reasons to quit."

"Everybody is fighting some kind of battle."

"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you are to go to bed with satisfication." George Lorimer

"Its not who you are that holds you back - its who you think you're not."

"Fear defeats more people than any other thing in the world." Raplh Waldo Emerson


Thank you for stopping to visit my page. It is because of all my wonderful Spark Friends that I keep on keepin' on! You are the very best!

God Bless Each One Of You!

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