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We were asked during the preseason for the Mishy Mishion http://www.12wbt.com/ to make a committment - a commitment to ourselves & the program....

What drives me? What do Iwant out completing the program? What do I want out of life?

Simply put I want to be Healthy for Life - I can't say for sure what happens after we kick the old bucket, but I do know that whatever is in store I'm only going to get one chance at this life, so I better give it all I've got, and enjoy all that life has to give me.

My Commitment:

I commit to looking after the vessel I've been given to live in order to be able to be as active for as long as possible (80, 90, 100 + years!) and to have all the adventures.

I commit to listening to myself and doing what I want and need to do.

 


I commit to trusting myself to make the right decisions.

I commit to losing the excess weight that slows me down so I can run like I want to.

I commit to being as mindful in what I eat & drink as what I am in what I say & do.

 

This week I'm having a big win with commitment number 4. I discovered running about 7 or 8 years ago, and gleefully ran nearly every morning since. Not big distances, maybe 3k or so, but I've always loved the sensation of wind through my hair... ok might be getting a bit carried away there as I'm certainly not that fast either!

 

But after 18mths of a sedentry job, a shoulder injury & too much booze.... well the running has gone from something joyous and free to down right painful.

 

In somewhat of a bad cycle I'd run happily but 'stodgily' for a week, then bam... there goes the shin splints / knee joint / foot. Not hard to pinpoint why - carrying too much load on the old pins!

 

So I got real & got ready. I stopped running & started planning - work on losing some of the weight; work on strengthening & flexibility then add small, sustainable runs increasing over time to up the mileage.

 

And HUZZAH! After only 4 weeks my first proper run of 3kms felt even better then the runs of old; no pressure, no pain, just freedom. By the time I finished I was just about crying in joy!

 

Then yesterday the 4week fitness test - and 26 seconds off my 1km trial. BOO YEAH!!!

 

Those of you who haven't yet found running (hehe) probably think I'm a nutter.... runners generally are I believe :-)

 

So what's next? Don't worry, I've got that covered too.... I'll keep increasing the runs just as planned & listening to my body, and after a good 12 months I'ma gonna turn into an even bigger nutter. That's right.... marathon running here I come