Happy New 2018!

Happy New Year to everyone and I hope this year has everyone thinking of new challenges and goals for themselves to make themselves better this year. Although it might seem like it is a little too late to say Happy New Year to people but I must since this is my first time reaching out to everyone. Although January seemed to be a pretty long month here we are at the beginning of February and know how fast this month flies by if we are not focused.  The beginning of the year always marks the beginning of new opportunities in one's life .This past weekend marks the first year in which I started my blog about my run/fitness journey and although I was consistent for the first half of the year life took over and gosh did I fall off the bandwagon on updating you on my journey.

I took my blog for granted and only saw it just as a way to vent about how I felt when I was training for my first half marathon.  I didn’t realize that I was inspiring some people who were able to make lifestyle changes.  I received a few emails from friends who said that they had come out of their comfort zones and either started running, walking or took on whatever exercise they preferred.  So, what does this mean for me in 2018?  One of my goals is to remain consistent with writing about my journey and to do it for the rest of year.  I plan to share about how I feel, what my struggles are and what my successes are during the journey.  I hope to fight Zeek (my negative personality) that keeps getting in my way and hope to succeed this year with the number of goals I have set for myself. 

I would like to thank those of you who have held me accountable by asking me the status of the blog and why I stopped writing or if I would continue to write.  You know who you are and have been given permission to hold me accountable in the future 😊.  One of the lessons that I learned from last year was that I never set any additional goals after my first half marathon and the Avon 39-mile walk.  So, when I accomplished these big goals I went into chill out mode and even though I did a few 5k and 10k races later in the year I found that I didn’t push myself the way I wanted since I had already achieved my goals earlier in the year.  This year I plan to set additional goals to push myself and see what I can set my mind to do and if am able to pull it off. 

In about 7 weeks I will be running my second half marathon.  My main goal is to do the best I can and enjoy the journey.  I will not beat myself up with how fast or slow I can do the race as long as I finish and get to enjoy every moment.  I am obviously still freaking out like I haven’t done this in the past and will have moments on self-doubt but am determined not to let that take over from the experience.

Run over the 270 highway last weekend

Yesterday, I run 8 miles which I had not done in a long time (more than 6 months) and it felt like I had just started my journey from scratch.  It was 12 degrees when we started and I can't remember when I last run when it was that cold.  For about 2 miles I thought I had lost my fingers and part of my face because it was so so cold.  My water froze and I didn't have any water to drink until when my lovely sister/friend met me and shared some of her water which made a difference and I was able to finish the run 😊  Nobody said this journey would be easy and there are going to be times when I will keep asking myself why I do this to myself but with the amazing support that I have from my run family I know everything will be ok and I shall be successful.  Here is to positive 2018 vibes everyone.