These are my shoes. They are my running shoes, at least that is how they were labeled at the runner's store. Yes, they have been running shoes, but they have also been walking shoes, jogging shoes, and tennis shoes. Sadly, none of these quite describe what they have been in the past several months: space shoes. This means that their only current purpose is to take up "space" in my closet. I have felt quite guilty about this for some time now, especially since I belong to a gym and our winter was not the only excuse for my laziness.
Although this guilt has been building and festering, it hasn't been enough to get me up and out of my bed at 5:30 am. Yes - 5:30 AM is the only time I can exercise. Last year when I joined the gym I did quite well at getting up this early. Mainly due to Shane's taunting if I didn't get up. If the alarm went off and I failed to rise he would make some comment like, "what happened, did the power go out and the alarm not go off?" To make the sarcasm cease I got up. (Unfortunatey this did not make Shane end his sacrasm in every other area of our lives, I'm still working on that one.) Once I stopped working out the sarcastic comments returned but they've had no affect on a sleeping Kaddi. I was as lazy as the days of summer. Yada, Yada, Yada fall came I got busy, Yada, Yada, Yada, here we are.
Here comes the point of my tale. Everyday I pick Jake up from elementary and take him to the Middle School for math and on my way for the past two weeks I see this banner. It's for the Utah Valley Marathon/half marathon. For those of you who do not know I have wanted to run a marathon for some time now and have yet to even come close. So, I've decided to split the difference and run a half marathon. Maybe if I can finish it then I can move on to the "real thing". So, I registered for the 13.1 miles of pain. I can't wait.
The purpose of this post is to hopefully give me the jump start I need to train. I figured that if I put my goal out there, into the cosmos where family and friends know then maybe I will feel more of an urgency to train, even if it has to be at the crack of dawn. If I fail and lay in bed day after day hitting the snooze button it can only be due to the lack of support and encouragement from those I care about. Seriously, I reasoned that if others knew my goal then that would give me the incentive I needed to train and finish my goal.
If there are any friends or family out there who will be in provo June 12th, run with me. It's "Pain YOU ENJOY."
8 comments:
I don't feel that this post accurately conveys the tone of my comments regarding Kaddi's record of gym attendance.
Yes, they're taunting, and glib, and meant to tease...but nobody seems to appreciate the amount of love that's behind it all.
I'm like the coach the motivates the star athlete. Although instead of profanity and threats and dehydration, I use sarcasm.
It's an under-rated motivational tool.
There's something marketable about this post.
At first, I thought maybe it was the idea of "space" shoes...
A movement to increase our usage of the word "yada"? Maybe...
But, getting Shane to end sarcasm in just one area of your life? I think that's it!!!
I read your post, aloud to Jared, Kaddi. We both laughed out loud. As in "LOL" which I have sworn never to type and just did, so that should tell you what a good and supportive friend I am. Or, maybe that I should not make comments when it's my bedtime and my comment making standards are slipping.
Either way, I loved your post, and am very impressed with your goal. Maybe it's time for me to shelve Jane Fonda once and for all and join you in your run. At the very least know this--I'll be there with you in spirit.
Keep us posted.
You can do it Kaddi! How exciting!!My shoes are collecting dust in the closet and taunt me everyday when I get dressed. It would be so fun to run with you. Keep us updated on your progress!
Wow! Good for you Kaddi. You can totally do and do it well. I'll have to keep us posted as to how your doing!
Good Luck!
Sweet! You'll do great! Do you already have a training partner?
I trained with Joe virtually (he was in Arizona and I was here in Utah) as we got ready for his first marathon last fall. We downloaded (more or less) the same training plan, and put it on a calendar. After every scheduled run, we would talk that day or at least send an email saying how we did. If you don't have a live training partner, this works really well.
One thing is for sure, once you get into it, you'll probably drive Shane crazy talking about it - I've seen some spouses of runners go plain loco having to listen to the stories...
If you ever want to chat about it, I'd love to... (801)949-5520.
Ryan
Good luck Kaddi! I thought Canadians did not understand sarcasm due in large part to the sparse Jewish population north of the border.
Way to go Kaddi!!! You are such an inspiration to us up here in Edmonchuk.... Luckily, we don't have to train for much running here as we are fortunate to have the dog sleds... lol
I'm sure you'll be fantastic and have a great time!!! And if you don't, you'll just be harrassed on every family trip from now to the time Lukey has grandchildren. (How's THAT for motivation!!!)
Good luck!!
Love Rachel and Paul
We've seen those posters all around the SLC valley as well. Good luck!! I love the idea of "space shoes" :)
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