Don't worry, Wednesday Rest Day was fully utilized. After a full day of rest and relaxation, I woke up Thursday ready to run....er, well ready to run eventually. The conclusion is that morning runs are not for me. However, in the irony of making a conclusive decision to run in the afternoons, today I learned to be flexible.
This morning I woke up ready to lay on the couch and plot out my day. Well, that's when the "running gods" (for whatever they are worth) decided to test my rookie dedication. My mom and I spontaneously decided we needed to shoot in to San Antonio to meet my sister for lunch. This would be our last visit together before I run off to school and all of us begin a new year down our different paths.....temptation. It would be easier to go into San An, eat, drive home, and then run, but then I would probably be full and sleepy AND today could just be another "rest day".
Don't worry My Dears, I fit in a half an hour run before 11. Don't let the convenience of life get in the way of becoming who you want to become. Be flexible and, simply, if you just do the damn thing (whatever it is) then you have accomplished great things. Maybe I can learn to like the mornings a little bit more...
We had a great time today and had no problem eating our weight in Indian food. It was a great way to celebrate the end of a wonderful beginning!
Last night I set my alarm for 9AM knowing that Fredericksburg was expecting a storm for the afternoon; I had to fit in a run before it was going to drench the Hill Country. Needless to say, my 9 o'clock wake up call turned into eating an apple and repainting my nails while keeping half an eye on Millionaire Matchmaker. So about that run...
Today is my third day of running straight and the third day of training for a marathon TBD in the Spring, both working to cross off my 2013 "to do". I know three days doesn't make me a runner, yet that's the idea that finally got me to get up, dressed, and out the door. No, my lifestyle does not yet say "RUNNER", but I have found that the determination to want to be one and the soreness in my thighs is good place to start.
After all the dread and delay, I decided to go out into the drizzle and soon I was grinning at the thought of staying home. My run ended up being 2 minutes and 30 seconds faster than yesterday and took me less than half an hour. Here's to another run closer to that 13 miles, 2013, and Wednesday Rest Day.
Another year and another attempt at accomplishing those "New Year's Resolutions". Resolution: a noun meaning a firm decision to do or not to do something. As my boyfriend would say in an epiphanical (which is a word for your 2013 vocabulary) way, IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW; When all of this time I considered myself failing at these annual attempts to better my life, I have really been expressing the "not to do something" part of definition. Every year as I announce my personal resolutions, I shortly begin the count down to not doing them. I.E> not running, not eating healthy, etc. I know this is a wordy explanation for the realization of the issues that I, clearly, have keeping up with resolutions, but there is a point.
Forget your "New Year's Resolutions" and instead, welcome your 2013 to do:
I want to accomplish things in 2013, not just concoct a better life for myself and save it for the next new year. I want to stop bad habits and adopt a new lifestyle. I want to be expressive and literate. I want to be accountable and confident. Though these do seem to be resolutions, I have transformed them into To Do's. My 2013 "To Do" list is only defined one way and I don't think there is a need for another wordy explanation for it.
Simply, it will get done.
My ultimate plan is to keep my blog going for a year, documenting my 2013 to do's. At this point in my life, I feel like I am in a good place. I have an incredible, developing relationship with my family, I have a great part-time job, I am attending an amazing university, and I have a boyfriend that I adore and adores me back. Yes, again, I am in a good place, however, I am not quite in the place I would like to be.
This year is about becoming the person I want to be and accomplishing goals of the person I've always been. Six days into the year and I decide that today is a great place to start than any.
Happy New Year!
