It's pretty amazing how fast time can sneak by us. Be it the hours in a day, days in a week or weeks in a month. Somehow life keeps moving and we sometimes fall behind in the things that we have comitted to doing. It took two separate people yesterday sending me texts saying that they missed the blog posts and wondered what had been going on. Well I can sit here and say that I started a new job, have been traveling a lot and just purely did not have the time, but those are excuses...there's always an additional 10 minutes that I can find to help motivate the same people that motivate me on a daily basis. So here it lies...me being held accountable.
In preparation for this week, I spent yesterday catching up at home. I set up a very OCD organized home office, complete with a wall system that allowed me to use my newly purchased electric screwdriver (haha that's a completely different story, but lets say there might be a few extra holes in the wall given the serious power involved in this)!! I finished laundry, cleaned up a bit and set my weekly goals so that I could wake up this morning and start fresh.
Because I'm still not able to sleep, I woke up at the crack of dawn and started in on some work stuff. After spending the past week in Seattle with coworkers I had a lot to try and figure out. Thankfully I have a pretty amazing team and they have helped me work through this transition. At about 7am, I put on my sneakers and hit the ground running. Although still on a very strict running regimen, I decided to do a run/walk mix for 3 miles. In 28:34 (at a pace of 9:30), I finished those 3 miles. Definitely not where I want to be BUT it's a step down the road of recovery. Post run, I did all of my "at home leg workout" stuff that the PT has me doing. Lunges, dead lifts, leg lifts, etc..I threw in a few abs and some push ups and there it was...my workout completed.
It's true that life can be an excuse at times as to why we are not doing certain things, but I am no longer making excuses...I'm holding myself accountable and am looking forward to both my recovery and some serious personal progress. In fact, it appears that on 8/1 I will be part of a trial group for a new exercise program designed by a close friend of mine...I can't wait as it should be fun and a great experience. Even better, I can't wait to share my results with everyone afterwards and have the opportunity to sell you all on this wonderful program! Stay tuned...many updates to come on all of it! In the meantime, please join me in holding ourselves accountable for our own personal successes and failures!
