Showing posts with label There is no off season. Show all posts
Showing posts with label There is no off season. Show all posts

Apr 3, 2013

Writing a unique blog post? Ain't nobody got time for that!

I wrote a post over on my Ironman training specific blog, The Journey to IM Moo, and thought that I would repost it over here. 

Ooooh no she didn't! 




Yup. Pilfering my own blog posts. Shame, shame on me.


The post has to do with the relationship between our ability and our effort to increase it; how we need to bridge the gap between current effort and our max ability while also increasing our max ability.  As with most things, the harder anything is to come by the more we value them.  The same holds true for our own physical feats.


This has me reflecting on the changes that I have made. Not just eating, exercising, etc.  I mean deep down to my core.  I say in the post referenced above that my abilities have not changed, but rather it has been my approach that has changed.  I had it in me all along to do what I do, I just never fostered it before.

So with that think of it this way:  The person you want to become is already within you.  You have to believe in yourself and make the choices each day that will bring you closer to that person.

How empowering.  Your goals are RIGHT THERE!  Ready to be realized! 

For me, I realized my goals by finally starting to invest time into myself like I would others.  I started to give myself gifts as I would others.  For me those gifts were the gifts of health and wellness as well as arming myself with not only the tools and education needed to make a lifestyle change but also with the determination and the PERMISSION granted to myself to do so.  Change be hard, yo.  Give yourself permission to invest in yourself, to make the changes needed. 


So I wonder... What revelations have you come to in your own life as it pertains to how you approach yourself and your situation? Be it financially, emotionally, or physically - have you changed your overall approach? And if so what was the outcome all around?  If not, can you identify a change in approach or thinking that you want to make? 

Please post here and share your journey!


~Jenniferlyn

Jan 14, 2008

A thief of a blogger

I really should just have Bold post on my blog - I like the way he and AJ think. I stole (politely) Bold's term "Sub-fun". Now I am blatantly stealing his and AJ's "pictures are proof".




Pictures = proof.



If there are no pictures then it did not happen.



Here is proof of what I did today AFTER a long day at work. AFTER a long drive home. AFTER seeing that it is 32* out AND snowing.

THIS is what I did:


Did RunnerGirl go spurlunking perhaps?

Nope. But I can see why you'd think that. (Nice headgear, right?)

Did RunnerGirl go mining today?

Nope. "Father... *cough* I think I'm getting the black lung *cough*"

Did Runnergirl rob a really really cold bank?

Nope. But I should look into that to fund my addiction to techie geeky things.

So why is RunnerGirl all bundled up, wearing some sweetassed LED headlamp?

Yeah she went out and did a run. A 1 miler just for fun.

A 1 miler just to start to get into the habit of moving again. Heck after my 2-miler Saturday I decided that I need to keep on keeping on. Not like - go out and do a 10K keeping on, but go out and enjoy a run for a bit.

A sweet slow little 1 miler to start off on getting to running for pure fun and loving every step... no matter the distance (I WILL love my half marathons again!)

Time and patience. Two things I sorely lacked back in 2003-2007.

A simple no frills 1 miler to mark that training has no off season. A nice leeetle 1 miler to prove to myself that yes, after a long day at work, after a long drive home, and yes even after seeing the sky flurry with diamondlike snow - she can still get off of her ass and run a mile.

For fun.

Some may call these junk miles - but I call them forward motion.

Triathlon, running, cycling, swimming, health - life. It all starts with this one little mile.

Since I am on a base-building adventure - and since this little adventure of mine started just 2 months ago I have actually made improvements. I can now swim. *whew!* That little tidbit is muy importante if you want to do a triathlon, no? I am comfortable in the pool - and have a ways to go - but I am comfortable. 2 months ago, not so much. Today? Definitely.

Also since the start of my base-building extravaganza, I have really started to listen to my body. Running is fun again. And the reason I ever let it not be fun is that I would start TRAINING for things from zero to full distance. Burn out, sub-fun, no joy. Time and finishing became the goal - not going out and enjoying it.

So now I am going to enjoy my little 1 milers. And then I will enjoy my little 2 milers. I will also enjoy my 5ks, 10ks and ultimately my half marathons again. So no more going from couch to half marathon - I am being a little smarter this year.

Also - my body will tell me when it is the right time to move from one distance to the next. I am not going to plan on it - I will let my body guide me there. Ultimately I want to do sprint and oly tris this year, with some 5k races mixed in. I really would love to do teh CRIM 10-miler in August, and teh Freep halfmarathon in October. But my body will let me know when it is right.

I figure you cannot get burnt out if you are doing what your body likes to do. There is no off season, and there is never a reason to not like what you arae doing! (Can I get an amen?)

Oh my goodness.. Doug - I really do sound like a cheerleader.

*shrug*

Oh well - Go Team!

Congrats to Pat and Marcy for running PFChang' (Pat the full and Marcy the half) this past weekend. Way to go!

And happy 1 year anniversary of meeting in person Pat and Denise! So when is the next meet-up? We should pick a race and plan on doing it together - sometime in 2009. :o)

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