Marathon Makeover – My Motivations this week of pre-training
Posted By vblack on January 21, 2011
OK! I have completed my first week of training with Marathon Makeover (MM). I did not miss a day. My wife, who is doing MM with me, also completed her first week without missing a day. For us, it got easier each day. And today was so easy it was like I didn’t do anything at all (Gotta love “Rest Day” Fridays). I am sure there will not be many days and weeks that are not very difficult. Thank God for a relatively smooth first week. Part of my motivation is that I assume Mark and/Robin will ask us tomorrow if we completed our first week without missing a day and I wanted to be one of those that can honestly say I did it! But that is really only a small part. My other motivations are:
- My wife. I do not want to disappoint her. I want her to see that I am willing to make changes that will improve our lives even if they are hard. I also want to be her encourager, and I cannot do that from a chair (I don’t actually sit on the couch much).
- My daughters. My two oldest daughters live in Starkville and attend MS State. They text me and ask how I am doing with my “runs” (really walks, but Mark Simpson said I could call anything that was forward motion a run. So I will take him up on that.) My youngest daughter still lives at home and she has even gone on our “Runs” with us. She actually ran some.
- Our pomeranian, Cappy. Cappy went on a couple of our runs also. The first time he came with us, I held his leash and thanks to his “encouraging tug”, I went further in 30 minutes than any other day of the week. He thinks I am too slow. He looks forward to the day when I can actually run.
- And of course, all the folks on the Marathon Makover Community Site. I read their posts – theirfrustrations, theirvictories, theirfun, theirstruggles. I feel a connection that comes from shared experiences. I look forward to meeting some of these folks in person.
IF you have never heard of Marathon Makeover, visit www.marathonmakeover.com for yourself. It can change your life!