Hi, my name is Stephanie and I have a problem with making commitments.
There, I said it!
About 7 or 8 months ago I decided that I was going to run the Chevron Houston 1/2 Marathon. I was excited and totally motivated. I was sticking with running. I was running at least 3 times a week...consistently. Then something happened. I got married on November 7. Right in the prime of my training. Yah, yah. What an excuse right? I know it really shouldn't be an excuse because I should have known better than to try and train for a 1/2 marathon and plan a wedding, right? Wrong. I tried. The thing is, I didn't complete it. I didn't even try running it. I think I did the right thing by not going out there and overdoing it and hurting myself, but I've honestly been having a really rough time dealing with the fact that I didn't do it.
How embarrassing.
I told tons of people what my plan was! Ugh. I just can't help but want to dig a hole and climb in it until people forget. You see, I've always been athletic. There was never an issue there, but once I quit soccer in college I lost that part of my life. I CRAVE that part of myself. The incredible self-confidence. Motivation. The challenge. All of it. It's gone. Have I lost anyone yet? I know I am jumping around a lot. Sorry.
The point is, I made a plan and I didn't follow through with it and I am really hating myself for it. I c.a.n.n.o.t. LET IT GO! It's really affecting my mood because I feel like a failure to myself and others and my self confidence has plummeted.
I need to do something.
So what did I do? I went and made ANOTHER plan. Sheesh. Really? Yah, really.
Here it goes.
(Click to enlarge!)
There it is!
I start Monday, February 1. This plan is SEVEN weeks and guess what! As luck would have it, at the end of the 7 week mark there is a race in Houston. March 20, 2010. I am racing a 5k.
HOLD ME TO IT!
Ask me how it's going. What I did the day before. What I am doing that day. Why did I not run....
I need to do this for myself, but I need others to be accountable to.
So, who's gonna help? Who is going to hold me accountable?
More importantly....who wants to train and run the race with me?
I have to do this for myself.
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Everyone go over to my cool friends blog and tell her HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! :)
There, I said it!
About 7 or 8 months ago I decided that I was going to run the Chevron Houston 1/2 Marathon. I was excited and totally motivated. I was sticking with running. I was running at least 3 times a week...consistently. Then something happened. I got married on November 7. Right in the prime of my training. Yah, yah. What an excuse right? I know it really shouldn't be an excuse because I should have known better than to try and train for a 1/2 marathon and plan a wedding, right? Wrong. I tried. The thing is, I didn't complete it. I didn't even try running it. I think I did the right thing by not going out there and overdoing it and hurting myself, but I've honestly been having a really rough time dealing with the fact that I didn't do it.
How embarrassing.
I told tons of people what my plan was! Ugh. I just can't help but want to dig a hole and climb in it until people forget. You see, I've always been athletic. There was never an issue there, but once I quit soccer in college I lost that part of my life. I CRAVE that part of myself. The incredible self-confidence. Motivation. The challenge. All of it. It's gone. Have I lost anyone yet? I know I am jumping around a lot. Sorry.
The point is, I made a plan and I didn't follow through with it and I am really hating myself for it. I c.a.n.n.o.t. LET IT GO! It's really affecting my mood because I feel like a failure to myself and others and my self confidence has plummeted.
I need to do something.
So what did I do? I went and made ANOTHER plan. Sheesh. Really? Yah, really.
Here it goes.
(Click to enlarge!)
There it is!
I start Monday, February 1. This plan is SEVEN weeks and guess what! As luck would have it, at the end of the 7 week mark there is a race in Houston. March 20, 2010. I am racing a 5k.
HOLD ME TO IT!
Ask me how it's going. What I did the day before. What I am doing that day. Why did I not run....
I need to do this for myself, but I need others to be accountable to.
So, who's gonna help? Who is going to hold me accountable?
More importantly....who wants to train and run the race with me?
I have to do this for myself.
_________________________________________
Everyone go over to my cool friends blog and tell her HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! :)
Yay for your first 5K! I hope my running plan helps you as much as it helped me! You will do GREAT!!!
Man! Do I wish you lived here!! I was just thinking yesterday how I wished I had someone to train/exercise with and hold me accountable. It's just not the same when you can't train/workout physically with someone (at least for me it's not). I may follow your plan (sounds reasonable), but I'm not sure I can run the race :)
Good luck! I will hold you accountable!
I would, but that's the beginning of our spring break and we're planning to go to Boston :)