How many of you have to deal with children on long road trips? We have three AWESOME travelers, but even they get to the point that they have had it and start picking on one another. And usually that will get a response something like this from me: Stop yelling at your brother or stop picking on your sister! One look out the window on your side, you look out the window on your side and you in the middle...look straight ahead!!!! Don't talk to one another! Don't listen to one another!!
The reason for this entry today is that I hope I am not the only person that deals with a voice in your head when you step out and do something like run a 5K, 1/2 marathon...what ever your thrill may be!
Today I ran for the first time ever a "Feel the Love" 5K. The weather all week was predicted to be warmer for today...Yeah..that didn't happen. But I had committed and spent money! Well I got up this morning all excited and then checked the temps! 33 with a wind chill of 22 and very blustery! WHAT?!? Dang that's cold!!!! Well my first victory was putting on my running clothes! I get a nice fire going for my lovely family that is still all snuggled in their warm beds! Head out the door and BAM!!! That wind is rough.
Well I get to the starting point and start to see all of these "serious" runners and 1 crazy one that decided that he would just run in shorts and no shirt!?! Well I start to really doubt myself and that voice starts going in my head!! You do know that you are going to finish dead last! Well I started to argue back...(not out loud-didn't want people to think I was crazy!) I may finish dead last, but I WILL finish!
Well I see a familiar face coming up the sidewalk. One of my friends that I met through Weight Watchers. We started together...that really helped! Well the air horn blew and off we went. I jogged the first little bit and then BAM!!! That wind hit me right in the face and just sucked the breath right out it seemed...and then that voice started again!! This is the dumbest thing you have ever done! It is too cold to be out here doing this! You should be at home and let the serious people do this! Well I shot back..I am serious about this...if I wasn't I sure would be at home by my fireplace!!
The voice kept going throughout the race! I knew that everyone would be done before I got back...but stayed fairly close to one girl in front of me. So I wouldn't finish alone. My biggest cheerleader had to be out of the country for a business trip so he wasn't going to be at the finish line. Well that voice shot back one more time...you know there isn't going to be anyone at the finish line cheering for you. Well I just so happen to look up and there stood my friend Lori from Weight Watchers. She had already finished and started cheering for me!! Her last thing I heard was just picture Vickie at the finish line! (Vickie is our WW leader who had sent a text earlier that she was cheering us on!) Well I almost started to laugh!!
I FINISHED dead last!! But lapped every one that never started! I didn't finish alone! Thank you Lori! I set a personal record for me and enjoyed laughing at the awards with Lori!!
When you are pushing yourselves to new levels...sometimes you have to tell the voice in your head....STOP YELLING!! I'm not listening to you!!! Keep pushing!! Keep going and you will FINISH STRONG!!!!
Keep on keeping on!!!!
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