Promised I'd get back to you on my 5K results. Awhile ago I had entered a 5K race in a big Detroit event. Since I coach people to live healthier lives through nutrition and lifestyle I felt it important that I practice what I was preaching. So I dusted off the old jogging shoes in July and got myself back on track with the jogging I had drifted away from several years ago. What better way to achieve a goal than to actually set one and follow through.
It wasn't easy. You know I am not a spring chicken anymore but I worked at building my strengh, lung capacity and endurance and actually struggled there for awhile but slowly things started to improve. I got to three plus miles doing more jogging than walking. I figured for me, that was good enough. My goal was to finish the first 5K run I had done in over twenty years.
5 AM race day came before you knew it and we were headed downtown to the event in the morning dark and freezing temperatures. Nineteen thousand other people decided to join us. It was exciting to be there. We found our way to the starting line for our event and before you knew it we were off to the finish line.
Now, I am not a Speedy Gonzales but plodded along, having to catch my breath more than I thought I would need to due to a bad upper respiratory infection I caught three days ago. I didn't care. It was great to be there and be a part. It was great to have a goal and complete it, however humble it may be. I crossed the finish line with a big smile on my face, thinking about the next race I would like to enter. My greatest surprise was to come home and look at my race results that were posted on the internet. To my surprise I actually came in 4th place in my age group and gender.
Its the little steps, practiced consistently, over time, that get you to your goal.
Coach Marji
Tags: Weightloss Achievement Races
