I Think Winter Has Finally Ended!

Yes, here we are on May 9th and I believe that we have finally made it to Spring!! Some of you may say...Silly, spring arrived weeks ago! Not for us here in Missouri! We had snow on May 3rd!!

Having winter hang on for so long was very hard for me physically and mentally! There were days that I think I could have eaten everything that wasn't bolted down. I really didn't feel like exercising, because I was tired of being inside...I was ready to be outside enjoying the birds singing and the flowers blooming! But alas, I was still in the house and feeling my momentum just slip away a bit! That's a rough thing to have happen when you want to be so very excited about getting ready for 5K's and other races as they come available! The race I did in February really did a rough number on my mental! When I signed up for said race, we had been having a very mild winter and thought...this will be great to get a race done in February! The day of the race, it was the coldest it had been all winter! The wind chill was 20! I had the fastest pace that I had ever done for a race and I have come to the conclusion that if I had slowed down, I would have frozen to death! I came in dead last in that race...which really did a number on me...but then realized that I was running with the "Big Dogs" so to speak! These people were the crazy serious runners!

I have struggled some this winter/spring mix that we have had! Trying to shake that off and get back into the fun of training and getting my stamina back! Slowly but surely it is happening! I have gotten in some great walks the last couple of weeks! Looking forward to getting more in as time progresses! I have my 3rd race of the year coming up next weekend! I'm excited about it! I have added a first for me a couple of weeks ago when I did my first Color Me Rad run! What a hot mess that was! It was cold and rainy and LOADS of fun! I was with two very special friends that did this one with me. It wasn't timed..and we were a colorful mess when we got done! We have laughed about how we looked when we got done and hope to do another one like it again!

All of this to say...As Winston Churchill says: Never, Never, Never Give up! Keep working at your goals, what ever they may be! Don't give in to the set backs. Push yourself and focus on the goal!

Keep on keeping on!