Thursday, July 7, 2011

I'm Still Standing

I am not a fast runner.  Nor do I run particularly far.  I like to run 3 miles during my workouts but sometimes I run 4 and sometimes I run 2, since starting working and with my knee injury sometimes I just walk 2 miles.  One morning I just walked the 1/2 mile loop around the block and came home because I didn't have a lot of time but I wanted to get my blood pumping before I started the day.

Over the past year or 2 you have read on this blog the workout adventures of Iceman, Goose and I.  Goose was a busy over achiever placing high on triathlon ratings and running 10 mile races in impressive times.  Iceman was distracted with babies but in her heyday regularly ran 5 miles and finished a 10K several minutes in front of me a few years ago.  They both train hard and deserve the accolades of success that go with their hard work.

BUT,

I am still standing.  Still running.  Still moving my body.  I may go through ups and downs.  More or less training, occasional weeks of neglect.  BUT, I keep getting up, keep starting over, keep moving forward.

BECAUSE,

I know I have won the race simply by walking out my front door and not by how much I accomplish once I leave. 

And now I find myself making the guilt call to Iceman in the morning to make sure she is returning to her workouts post baby number 5 and wondering if Goose's friend H, or Viper as we like to call her, is still taunting her with workout success.

I am sure eventually they will both pull themselves together and blow past me once again but you have to admit there is something to this slow and steady thing.

That's all I have to say about that.

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