I keep forgetting to write. Sorry to my 3 readers I may have picked up along the way. The journey has been getting a little bumpy and dense into the trees.
I guess it's been since my last marathon that I've written. That was Michigan. Boy state 31. That was a tough one. It was hot and humid... all up until I finished and it started pouring buckets on us on the way back to the car. I was taking it easy for the first half of the race and then started picking up the pace and talking with other people along the way. I was super impressed by a guy who was larger than average, running a minute on, a minute off and doing it with a purpose. He had already completed 5 states and was on his 6th. He was determined and doing it. I was tempted to ask him if weight loss was part of his goal to do all the states, but I refrained from working or seeking out lifestyle change motives in others while they were running.
I did enjoy myself despite the heat/humidity and subsequent rainfall that was freezing cold!
So here we are... fast forward to August. I started my 30 minutes of running/day on June 30. I made it 8 days of at least 3 miles/day, then it got hot. When I say hot, it was HOT. And humid to boot. Great combo for some wimpy California kid right? Yeah, no. So I started running/high stepping my 30 minutes indoors and was doing time on/off (minute on/minute off) to increase the intensity without the heat. I got 30 active minutes/day for 30+ days in a row... to earn the 'Trail Blazer' badge on Health Miles. Wow. I'm a nerd. I am trying to get all the badges I can and my next goal is the 'High Stepper' badge which will be quite a bit harder due to time constraints... of life.
I feel like it's easier than before to go for a quick run, but the heat is killer. I still slather on my sun screen and everything, but those first few weeks of at least 30 weren't too bad. I do need to increase the pace and get outside more... I can't wait until we move! I am praying everything goes through for closing so we can move to the new house that has a nice long sidewalk down the main street and a grassy field next to the church in front of our neighborhood. Then I can run outside and see something different each mile... instead of the same thing every 0.4 of a mile. The square has gotten real old... and boring to boot. Well, that's not true. It was ALWAYS boring.
Here I truck along. God willing. God will help me. I need to use the gifts He has given me and spread His joy and love to others and hopefully inspire and motivate others to lead a healthier lifestyle themselves... one step at a time.