Our newest season is officially underway and now it is time to get serious. Serious about our goals, serious about running, serious about getting to know some new people, but most of all, serious about having some FUN!!!
Our group is now 70 strong. We've lost a few folks, which is sad. But, we've gained some new (and really great) people!
I love the start of a new season. The fresh, new smiling faces. The familiar, friendly faces. The excitement and renewed energy of them all. It is infectious! You can't help but get excited about meeting up with everyone to run when everyone is happy and ready to go! If you miss a day, you might miss out on something. At least that is the feeling.
I love hearing about everyone's goals, the new PRs they want to set, all the new things they want to achieve. It makes me want to do something new too. What will it be? Will I run more or less? Will I run harder or easier? Will I start swimming and cycling, and do a Triathlon? I honestly don't know yet! So far the only goal I've set for fitness is to get serious about my diet and CrossFit. I want to get my overall fitness in to peak condition, and then see what else I can do beyond that. Having overall fitness topped out will help with everything else that I might want to do. Maybe I really will run an Ultramarathon during the year I turn 40 (between 7/2009 and 7/2010).
I sit back and remember the year that I turned 30 - 1999. I hated that year and that birthday. I was in the best shape of my life (to that point) and I had 3 amazing daughters. Yet something was still missing. It wasn't something that I didn't "have", it was more fear of the future. Not believing in myself, not feeling like I had accomplished much, and feeling as if I hadn't done much to make a difference in this world. I had no purpose.
Since that time so much has changed. I found purpose, to find a way to try to change the lives of as many people as I can through fitness. I want to help them build their self-esteem through running and fitness. Getting fit can give someone a confidence they've never had before, and when that happens the possibilities are endless. Believing in yourself, believing that you can overcome challenges, it changes your life. I found that through fitness, and since that time have had "purpose" in my life.
So, regardless of what I choose to do, this year, one thing I will keep doing is living out my "purpose". And so far this is shaping up to be one of my best years yet. I'm looking forward to all there is to come.
Bring it on 40's....I'm ready for you!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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