Confession

Somehow I’ve gone over 100 posts without really talking about one of my main work out motivators. He’s even more than a work out motivator, he’s a life motivator for me.

David Cook – yes the guy who won season 7 of American Idol, but he’s so much more than that.

Seriously that man has been my rock even though he doesn’t know it.

My dad passed away suddenly after gastric bypass surgery in November 2007. I was lost. I was mostly in shock the first few months. By February 2008 I was in a downward spiral. One day in late February 2008 my mom called and told me to check out this “fixer-upper” type guy with a gorgeous mouth on American Idol. I had nothing else to do, so I watched it and first saw and heard David. I was hooked. Waiting for American Idol to come on got me through each week during some of my darkest days. It’s weird to say, but true – David saved me in his own way.

I love David’s music and love running to it. His old band’s cover of “Creep” a song I only sorta knew really has become my anthem – again particularly the lyrics “I don’t care if it hurts. I wanna have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul.” Every running mix I make has that song on it.

And I have Dave to thank for me taking up running. In January I know I wanted to get healthy and fit, but I didn’t exactly know how I was going to do it. Then I looked into running in a 5K for Cancer Research that he supports and runs in (Dave actually got in shape training for the race as well and now he runs regularly too). So I spent Jan-May focused on that 5K. I’m a better runner because of it. Now I know to challenge myself with a race is the way to train.

I’m SO not normally a “fangirl” – but it’s more than that. It’s weird I can’t explain it. I just want to be like best friends (or girlfriend whatev) with Dave and then later in life let him know just how much he’s helped me.

I’ll try and keep my Dave posts to a minimum, but I feel like it’s important to share that with all of you!

I tried to pick a favorite picture of him, but I can’t decide there are too many to choose from. However I feel like this picture sums up how I feel about him.