I would like to personally apologize to all my followers for the
silence. It has been a few months since
my last post and to be honest I don’t know where to start. A lot has been going on but that is no excuse
for the silence since the title of the blog is Moments to Miles. Life
takes over and I could come up with so many excuses as to what happened and why
I took a break from blogging however, I will be transparent with what has been
going on and where I have been.
The last time I posted I was getting ready to participate in the Avon
39 mile (62.7 km) walk for breast cancer over a period of 2 days. I was excited about the walk mainly because of
the cause and was looking forward to sharing my experience about walking that
number of miles in 2 days. I knew I was
going to compare walking to running. The
best way to interpret this was I was going to walk the distance of a full
marathon on day 1 and half a marathon on day 2 just in case I ever thought about
doing a marathon in the future. Fast
forward I realized that for the first half of the year I had achieved many of
my fitness goals was humbled and grateful for what I had been able to
accomplish then laziness hit me like a storm.
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| Still standing after the walk |
The Avon walk ended on a Sunday and by the time I got home that day I
had no energy to even thing about writing although I was so excited that I
still wanted to share. I started procrastinating about when I would write the
post, came up with excuses and before I knew it Zeek (negative inner voice) had
taken over. The interesting thing about
life is that you cannot afford to under estimate the power of your mind. Yes, I was physically exhausted and it took a
while for me to recover but that didn’t mean that I should stop typing and or
share my story. Life has a way of taking
over or one lets life take over as an excuse to avoid doing anything and you
can come up with several excuses. For example
it is too hot or too cold, I think my head hurts, I’ve worked long hours, I
would rather go for happy hour, I just had a baby, I just got married, I just
started dating, I just broke up, I have to deal with the kids’ home, my hair
will get messed up, I cannot exercise alone, the gym is packed, I don’t have
gym membership, there are too many people in the gym, am always so good, eat
health and exercise all the time it’s time to take a break and the list goes on
and on and on.
In my case Zeek took over and although I would like to blame Zeek, I
take full responsibility and I cannot get rid of her because she is a part of me. I started off by telling myself I will share
my experience next weekend after I rest and those weekends ended up being
months. I took a break from exercising too
and at some point, started to feel guilty because I realized I wasn’t putting
myself first. Having a running group and
workout friends makes a huge difference for me because even if I don’t want to
do a thing I have people who will hold me accountable. I have struggled and continue
to struggle however, I try my best not to give up. I always tell myself that quitting is for
failures and I don’t want to call myself a failure.
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| Different Saturday run scenes |
To those who have sent me messages asking when I will blog again, have
asked what happened, have told me they have made changes due to my posts I
thank you. I thank you for holding me
accountable and reminding me that in my own small way I am making a difference
by sharing my story. It is not easy and
I don’t’ think it will get easier but I know anybody can do it if I can do it. For somebody who wasn’t athletic at all when
I was growing up I sometimes feel like an Olympian..LOL. The smile on my face when am done with a race
symbolizes that “I did not quit”. I am
very lucky to have role models who inspire me, motivate me and I continue to
admire in a positive way. There are so
many times I would rather stay home, watch TV, eat delicious food and relax
however, in the long run I don’t think I would like the results of what it
would do to my health. During this time
off, I have still been able to run one 10 k race and three 5k races while I try
to get out of my own way. The one hour or 30 mins or even 45 mins you spend exercising either 3 or 4
times a week is a gift you are giving yourself.
Whether you like working out with a group or on your own let us continue
encouraging each other by taking a day at a time. Am back and here is to many more moments to miles.
