What are you running towards?

[dreamling]

Last night, after a mentally trying day, I was a bit down.

I tried to figure out what would make me feel better, was it food? Chocolate? Video games? Socializing? None of those options really appealed to me. I was in a funk, heading towards deep funk.

So instead of just listlessly moping, or running out to the store to buy things I shouldn't eat, I put in that Method Pilates DVD that I've been doing on and off the last month. The DVD is really a nice mix of Pilates, Yoga and Dance moves. The stretching portion always seems to make me feel better, though usually that's all I have time or endurance for.

And you know what? It did! and after the stretching portion(15min), I did the cross-training section(35min), and about 15 min of the Centering section (abs and breathing). That's quite a bit of exercise to pop-up spur of the moment. I used soup cans for weights, because who knows where my 8pounders are anyway. But they worked for everything except the exercise where you need to put both weights in one hand. And by the end of it all, I felt much much better.

Sometime within the middle of actually enjoying the cross-training, I had the strangest thought.

Would I ever be able to run a marathon? My father once ran in the Boston Marathon. My brother never liked long distance running, though he really enjoyed the short races. I'm curious if somewhere within my genetic and emotional makeup there are the abilities to run like my father used to. He used to really love running.

I don't think these thoughts will create any immediate action, but as I continue to reshape my body and eat better, it's an interesting thing to keep in mind. And perhaps, if not long distance races, some dancing lessons could be in order.

Comments

[wenhaver.livejournal.com]

is start kickboxing on monday. real kickboxing, and not the stuff you do at a health club! a friend of mine from school (and really CUTE friend of mine from school... heh.) was teaching me some stuff at a party a week or so ago. so fun.

so, yeah, eye candy (in the form of the aforementioned cute guy) and learning to kick the crap out of something... sounds like an excellent combo to me...

[dreamling]

That sounds like fun too. Girls kick butt!

I'd really love to learn some latin dancing, salsa, meringue, ect. Sexy dancing. ;)

I'll be happy when I can pull myself up to sitting, from the the sit-up mode where you're basically just lying on the floor with your knees up and feet on the floor /\__O It's tough, and my muscles just aren't strong enough yet. But I decided last night in the video that trying to do it had to be working the muscles anyway.

[gamerchick.livejournal.com]

My dad has been running marathons for pretty close to 15 years now...he always does at least one a year, usually more, ran Boston when I was in elementary school, etc. He's always said that the biggest part of running a marathon is not necessarily physical conditioning (though that is important), but the psychological aspect of *believing* you can run that many miles all at once and complete the race. So if you believe you can do it, you can do it...and I believe you can. (c: Good luck!

[dreamling]

It really is an interesting idea. I'm sure I could work up my endurance with even some light training.

hmmm *ponders*