Road block last week

I've been feeling guilty about not posting on Sunday, but family first. Last week kinda got a quirk thrown in there. I found out Tom had his white coat ceremony on the up-coming Friday, so I had to re-vamp Thurs-Sat. Thurs. I did a six mile run, Friday nothing obviously, and Saturday was still scheduled for the 8 mile killer, but as it turned out I took my kids to an Easter Egg hunt instead. Do I regret this? Only for the sake that I'm trying to be trained by myself and you all are viewing my progress. But here's the real reason I didn't run the 8 miles: I just flat out am sick of distance. There's no happy anticipation, instead I feel like I'm running to my doom. How's that suppose to be inspiring? Does anyone ever feel like that?
So, that's the real reason I didn't run, I was completely battling myself to do something I was dreading doing and in the end I (the potato couch girl) won. And of course I've felt guilty ever since. Thus, I turn it over to my personal trainer for some heroic words of inspiration....

Okay, so all day Sunday and Monday I thought about this perdicament I sometimes get into. FYI the best time to think about these things is doing dishes, it must be the soap suds. This is what I came up with more or less: If you don't like it don't do it. But then don't put it on your menu, you are only frustrating yourself. Do something you like, even if it's low-key. Remember, you are not trying to burn mega calories(yet stay hit somewhere in this range: 200-500 cals a day), you are getting into life-long habits. Besides, the way to truly drop weight fast is to monitor your intake (more on that next week..I know I've been super frustrated with that too, but I think I found a key factor). For right now focus on having fun while you elevate your physical activity. What will stick is what you enjoy.

However, if you are training for something i.e. a marathon, walk- a -thon or big event that you've always wanted to do, and you feel a little intimidated- find someone to support you through those hard workouts. Ask them to physically be a part of those hard days whether it's verbal commitment and support in the morning before they leave for work, exercising with you, or waiting to cheer you during or at the finish. You'll find it keeps you motivated and energized at least enough to get through. When I ran my one and only marathon I was dreading the 23 mile pre-run. My sister woke up with me at 3:30 am, dropped me off at the starting point, got her children off to school and biked with me the last hour of my run. My dad came the last three miles and blasted Enya the whole way. It was the very hardest run of my life, worse than the marathon, but the best and most inspiring thing. Infact, at the very last mile of my marathon day my sister even ran with me to the end. I cried the whole way to the finish because it meant so much to me. My sister was the fire that kept me running, I would have stopped and given up on training to run 26.2 miles, but I pulled through because of my support. I've never regreted that run.
Also, remember that this training period will not last forever and the satisfaction of achieving a goal will.