It’s a simple lesson to learn but like a kid who is tone deaf to his parent’s advice, I seem to easily forget the most basic things.
In my case, it’s not pick up the clothes off the floor, it’s that to get fit and feel good, you need to commit the time and intention.
Yup, that’s the rocket-science conclusion I came up with while sitting in our backyard with a glass of wine. So I went inside, signed up online for a running clinic, refilled my glass and went outside and sat down again.
I ran regularly this spring but not towards a single goal, leading to more sluggish habits that didn’t burn up the cinnamon bun mornings or stinky-cheese evenings. Go figure. Every year I know this, and every year I wonder who shrunk my pants and stole my good energy ju-ju.
But getting to ‘fit and healthy’ and another race start line doesn’t just happen.
It’s not like stepping onto one of those conveyor belt moving sidewalks at the airport. It’s going to take effort if I want to lose some of that carry-on baggage weight and to experience that lift-off exhilaration on the runway of a runner's high, First I have to get the airline gate and push that jumbo jet down the runway.
So here we go.
It’s going to be quite the ride.
Did I tell you where we’re going?
We’re on a journey to the Victoria Good Life Fitness Marathon October 11, 2015.
The running clinic starts Wednesday.
Buckle, up it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
