I have written and rewritten this post several times in the past two days. But each time I did, well I just wasn't "feelin' it". But a fellow fluffy runner wrote something the other day that just stuck in my head. He said sometimes he doesn't want to go out and run and his friend told him, "Hey if you are waiting for "I Want" he ain't coming so just get out there and do it." Wow! That got me thinking about my I Want. We all have one. And I realized my I Want can be a pretty flaky friend. Sometimes he shows up everyday no matter what. The baby kept us up all night with a cough...he doesn't mind. He reminds us why we are doing this and encourages us to get out of bed. We have a horrible day at work, boyfriend hurts our feelings, husband doesn't understand, teenager is being difficult...doesn't matter to I Want, he picks us up and takes us for a run.
But I Want isn't dependable. Sometimes he leaves for the day, the week or even the month with no explanation. (Truth be known, I think he has another woman). I can't verify it but sometimes I see them out on the trails running together. And of course, I get jealous. Why does she have him? She must be special. She must be better than me. She must have it all together and I am just a loser and that is why I am stuck here with I Want's evil twin I Don't Want. My mother warned me about guys like I Don't Want. They are selfish, degrading and never want what is best for you.
Fortunately, I Want has been pretty faithful. He has been late a few times but by the time I finish my 5 minute warm up, he comes in and runs alongside me. He never runs ahead. He sticks by my side cheering me on...yeah that's just the kind of guy that he is. He's a real playa. When he is with you, he makes you feel like you are the only one but when he is gone...well he is gone.
So I love I Want and if I had it my way, he would be around for my whole Fatty Must Run Marathon Challenge. But I know he won't be. I know there will be some days that I will be alone on my run. I know that I Don't Want will throw sticks at me and run circles around me and mock me. That's okay. I am preparing for that day. I had I Want write me love notes while he was around. I had him write down why I am going on this journey and why I am worth it. So every time he goes MIA and I Don't Want shows up, I'll pull out his love notes to me. I'll read them and run anyway. Nothing I Don't Want says will deter me because I have these reminders. And when those don't work, I have 14 women that will remind me of why I am doing this and vice versa.
So if your I Want is around, do me a favor and have him write you some love notes. If he is MIA, find some fellow runners to share theirs. You'll be glad you did. And eventually, your I Want will show up again. He always does.
Fatty Must Run Marathon Challenge Update
Our Marathon Challenge has started. We were given our first assignments. Sometime this week we are to run 2 miles and report how it felt. I did this challenge today. It was H O T! I am going to have to change up my schedule and start running in the am and blog at lunch. I am not looking forward to summer training.
Our next challenge is to start the 30 day squat challenge. I had never heard of it but Julie said to just google it and we will find it. And I did. Basically you start out with 50 squats the first day and on day 30 you will do 250. I have pretty muscular legs and buns under all this fluffy so right now it is pretty easy and I build muscle extremely quickly so I know I will also bulk up this month because of it. But it is for our benefit. The stronger the legs the easier the run.
The last challenge is to run a timed 5K by May 31st. This will be our baseline. We can either do an actual 5K event or map out a route ourselves and time it. I will probably map it out on Mapmyrun and run it. My first 5k event isn't until June 8th.
If you want to read more about the FattyMustRunMarathonChallenge. Just click the link. This will tell you what the challenge entails. If you want to meet all the gals who were picked read this post. And for all the women that are doing this challenge that have blogs, I have added links to their blogs to the right.
Can I encourage you to visit their blogs, follow and comment? Sometimes when I Want is MIA, it's nice to know others are there for us.
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