Purpose of this blog

For years my favorite motto has been "use it or lose it". It applies to so many different areas of life, but the main way that I think of this motto, though, is with exercise and getting old. I am 48 and supposedly on the "downhill" side of life. For the last 5 years I have exercised a good amount. I trained and participated in the BP MS 150 for 4 years and did my first half marathon last March. I lived my motto and felt stronger and better than I did in my twenties. So...the big question is, why did I give it all up and stop exercising for the last four months??? I have all kinds of aches and pains and definitely feel older than when I was exercising.



I would like to do several half marathons early next year and need to start from scratch getting back into shape. I'm hoping this blog will be my motivation to get back into shape...it will chronicle the struggle of someone who "lost it" and is trying to get "it" back. Hopefully others will join in the battle to gain strength and get a general well-being back into their lives! :)



Saturday, September 4, 2010

Finally got out for a run again. Ran 3.4 miles tonight and it felt really good even though I hadn't run in over a week. Ran about 3.2 and walked only once for about .2 miles. Getting better!

Found out I might be able to get into the Houston Half Marathon...if I sign up for a Reason to Run charity and raise a bunch of money. Would like to run for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation since I have a student this year with CF, but haven't heard back from them whether they have any openings or not.
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2 comments:

  1. J.C. ReevesSeptember 11, 2010 at 9:57 PM

    Where are the updates? Have you been running in this beastly heat?

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  2. Kitt KirkpatrickSeptember 19, 2010 at 2:47 PM

    I haven't been running very much...just lazy!

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