With January fast approaching I have decided to maintain an exact log of the miles I run on a daily basis. I really do have the desire to be able to run as many miles as I used to in what I refer to as my glory days when each day I would run 10k on a daily basis. Now I have to admit that I was able to maintain such a healthy life during a time when all I had to do was work and get fit, where as now I have work, college, a family (ferrets and dog), etc, etc to keep me busy. But the fact remains that being fit and healthy should be my number one priority in order to ensure that I am able to accomplish all those other demands that come from living this hectic life.
The first mini goal that I set for myself was to run 1 mile every day. I committed to this about a month ago and found it extremely hard to do this every morning as I was just too lazy to get my butt out of bed. Maybe it had less to do with laziness and more to do with the fact that I always felt exhausted. Anyways, I decided to do whatever I could which usually meant getting two to three early morning runs in a week and rather than beating myself up for failing to run every day, I gave myself a pat on the back for running when I did. This made a huge difference to my overall mental state and even running just 3 times a week inspired me to want to run more.
Now, I am happy to report that for the last 7 days I have awoken early to hit the treadmill and although initially only running 1 mile, I have now increased that to 2 miles. The next goal I have set for myself is to run 5 miles per day and continue until I am running 10 miles per day.
So I have thus committed to a fit life and will definitely achieve the goals I have set for myself; one of which is to run a marathon in the not-to-distant future. I think this act alone has the potential to inspire me to cover many more miles...lets see.
12.01 - walk 1 hr /
12.02 - walk/jog 2 hrs
12.03 - college
12.04 - walk/jog 1.5 hrs
12.05 - finals at college
12.06 - jog 1 hr
12.07 - jog 1 hr
12.08 - jog 1.5 hrs / walk 1 hr
12.09 - jog 1.5 hrs
12.10 - jog 1 hr
12.11 - jog 1 hr
12.12 - jog 1.5 hrs
12.13 - walk/jog 1.5 hrs
12.14 - jog 1hr
12.15 - walk/jog 1.5 hrs
12.16 - walk/jog 1.5 hrs
12.17 - Walk/jog 1 hr
12.18 - walk/jog 1 hr
12.19 - walk/jog 1hr
12.20 - walk jog 1.5hrs
12.21 - jog 1 hr
12.22 - walk 2 hrs
12.23 - walk/jog 2 hrs
12.24 - walk 1.5 hrs
12.25 - walk/jog 1.5 hrs
12.26 - walk/jog 1.5 hrs
12.27 - walk 1.5 hrs
12.28 - walk/jog 2 hrs
12.29 - walk 1 hr
12.30 - walk/jog 1.5 hrs
12.31 - walk/jog 2 hrs
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