Run Your Ass Off

It’s not about the campaign….

March 3, 2007 on 4:26 am | In motivation | No Comments

This blog is not about the campaign. I’m not even going to say what campaign. I don’t want to link the campaign site to this site. This is personal. This is about getting back on the road, losing weight, getting in shape, and jogging again.

If I win in April, I will have lost if I’m not in better shape, and at least 10 pounds lighter.

Essentially, I have to lose the equivalent of one bowling ball. That’s my motivation.

The first 10 pounds are supposed to be the easiest.

When I started running the first time I had different reasons. I imagined myself impressing others. I emailed friends and told them what I was doing. I wanted to run that first Marathon. That was goal number one. My first 5K? Brentwood Firecracker 5K, south of Pittsburgh, PA. I travelled in for it, and actually finished at a decent time. I have no idea what it was. 4th of July every year, 9:00 a.m., straight up and down Brownsville Rd. It’s a hilly course — at least by Chicago standards. Never level, up and down those little hills a little over 1.5 miles out, and back up and down the same hills, just over 1.5 miles back.

This time it’s not about a race. It’s not about training for a Marathon. It’s about running a mile.

Today is Friday. That’s a day off. Mandated, every week.

And it was too damn cold and windy to run. Tomorrow is a different story.