The Climb

I just got home from my first baby step of a new adventure I am embarking on.... Running.... it sounds so easy, and natural. lol - not! Not yet anyways.
I have had this goal on my list of goals for a while now, definitely over 2 years (probably since I quit smoking almost 2.5 yrs ago). My friend Sheree, who is a yoga instructor (http://www.livewithspirit.ca/) also does running clinics... so I was like, ok this is my chance. I always seemed to have an excuse not to in the past. They went something like this, "oh it's too far, oh it's Friday nights, oh I need new shoes.... blah blah blah" the excuses are almost more effort than the run! So recently I received a post through facebook that Sheree is starting a Running Group in Brooklin. ( I live 5 mins from Brooklin) and it is on Tuesday nights (the night have zero commitments). Ok God I get the hint! The group starts this Tuesday.
I put it out there to my friend Kevin, to see if he would like to join me. (He proclaimed earlier this year they this was his summer of YES - he is the Yes Man!). He actually said yes and now I am have a commitment, and someone to hold me accountable! Perfect. Obviously it is meant to be, although a huge part of my brain or ego or the devil is laughing it's butt off at me, telling me there is no way I can do this, telling me the shin splints will be too bad, and so on and so forth.... it's the same little voice making new excuses. It is actually quite entertaining if I step back from it and see it for what it really is.... lol.

Kevin and I went out this afternoon for a test run - a little walking, a little jogging, more walking then jogging today, but my friend turned Drill Sergeant Kevvy Boy encouraged me every step of the way (apparently this is a dream of his to whip people into shape) and he seems to think that I did very well for my first time, and he promised me he wasn't blowing smoke up my butt either. This is what friends are for! Because let me tell you, my brain was telling me to give up! People along the trail were also cheering us on - it was pretty neat, an older couple walking commented "Too much Ambition for Me!" to which I replied "Me too!!" and another man walking with his wife shouted" Come On, they're all waiting for you at the finish Line". This was at a time, when I was out of breath and ready to stop. His wife encouraged me by saying "Pretend there is a beer waiting for you!" And after a few moans and groans from me, the husband said, "It will get better!" It was so cool to receive this encouragement from complete strangers and it gave me a little more courage to keep on going. Kevin also promised me that I would feel great afterwards, and that is definitely true. After I dropped him, I turned the radio up and Miley Cyrus's song "The Climb" was playing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs I know it's cheesy but it is soooo true, I love this song and the lyrics! I will download it to my iPod for the times I want to quit!!! Stay tuned... now I am accountable to this blog as well...
Thanks Universe... xo

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