MeasuringLife: Getting Healthy & Fit turned 4 today!

Got this in my email last week. It is technically true. I started a blogspot blog on January 12, 2010, but I didn’t officially move to tumblr until May 2010. But I backdated my posts from my old blog so everything would be here.

Regardless, Happy 4th Birthday health and fitness blogging!

19 hard thing you have to do to be successful

Via Business Insider, but it applies to all aspects of life

-You have to do the hard things.
-You have to make the call you’re afraid to make.
-You have to get up earlier than you want to get up.
-You have to give more than you get in return right away.
-You have to care more about others than they care about you.
-You have to fight when you are already injured, bloody, and sore.
-You have to feel unsure and insecure when playing it safe seems smarter.
-You have to lead when no one else is following you yet.
-You have to invest in yourself even though no one else is.
-You have to look like a fool while you’re looking for answers you don’t have.
-You have to grind out the details when it’s easier to shrug them off.
-You have to deliver results when making excuses is an option.
-You have to search for your own explanations even when you’re told to accept the “facts.”
-You have to make mistakes and look like an idiot.
-You have to try and fail and try again.
-You have to run faster even though you’re out of breath.
-You have to be kind to people who have been cruel to you.
-You have to meet deadlines that are unreasonable and deliver results that are unparalleled.
-You have to be accountable for your actions even when things go wrong.
-You have to keep moving towards where you want to be no matter what’s in front of you.

You have to do the hard things. The things that no one else is doing. The things that scare you. The things that make you wonder how much longer you can hold on.

Those are the things that define you. Those are the things that make the difference between living a life of mediocrity or outrageous success.

The hard things are the easiest things to avoid. To excuse away. To pretend like they don’t apply to you.

The simple truth about how ordinary people accomplish outrageous feats of success is that they do the hard things that smarter, wealthier, more qualified people don’t have the courage — or desperation — to do.

Do the hard things. You might be surprised at how amazing you really are.

Source:
http://www.businessinsider.com/hard-things-you-need-to-do-to-be-successful-2014-1

Cute little 2013 year in review email from Fitbit. Considering I only had my Fitbit since early August I’m stoked.

2014 Goal: 1800 miles. BOOM

PS – October 5th was Ragnar aka that day I ran 7+ miles at midnight and another 3+ miles that afternoon, plus walking around, cleaning the vans etc.

TWO MONTHS AWAY!

runsforbrunch:

that’s right, the NYC Half Marathon is just two months away on March 16th, and I’m running with (and mentoring for) the American Cancer Society. I’d love it if you can support my fundraising efforts — check out my page here.

I’m running the NYC Half too, but not for charity. But feel free to donate to my girl Jocelyn if you are in the giving spirit. 

I can’t believe the NYC half is in 2 months. I feel good about my training so far, looking forward to tackling longer runs again. I think next week’s 8 miler will be the furthest I’ve run since April!

37 Things Only Runners Know

Cute list from Thought Catalog. I bolded the ones that especially rang true or me! 

1. Your laundry has more sports bras than regular bras or more spandex than cotton.

2. You’ve woken up at 5:00 A.M. to beat the heat and humidity in the summertime.

3. On a Saturday.

4. Your allegiance to one shoe is stronger than Cinderella’s to her glass slipper.

5. When you find a pair of jeans that accommodates your waist-to-butt-to-thigh ratio, it is a sign that God loves you and wants you to be happy.

6. Some parts of the world consider beer to be an appropriate swap for Gatorade. You’ve looked into how one might move to these countries.

7. Somewhere in your house is a stash of packets of gel that come in a range of inventive flavors.

8. Someone in your family or circle of friends has mistaken these packets for… well, another kind of gooey substance.

9. And an improperly stored packet in your waistband during a long run will give you deep, deep scars that never fade.

10. The treadmill is to you what that chocolate cake was to the boy inMatilda: you may dislike every single second you’re strapped to that contraption, but damn it if you’re not going to do it anyway.

11. You have Very Strong Opinions on any brand that caters to runners.

12. What do you mean people go to Disney World and don’t run a marathon?

13. A manicurist has raised her eyebrows at the state of your feet.

14. … but you’ve told her to leave the calluses there. You need those.

15. You know how to tape and run on a blister.

16. You find small, disturbing glee in firing off a snot rocket.

17. Getting the little nod of approval from a runner heading in the opposite direction is enough to make you feel as if you’re floating.

18. You really don’t mind bikers on the whole, but every once in a while there’s that one asshole just cruising along…

19. They were wrong: money CAN buy happiness. You can buy carbs.

20. There is a reason why brunch has the word “run” in it. (Hint: it’s because running beforehand makes brunch taste even better.)

21. There will always be that one song you rely on to pump you up like no other.

22. In the world of American Apparel-curated Halloween costumes, you’ve deeply considered grabbing a gray hoodie and just calling yourself Rocky.

23. You may not spend money on gym membership, yet the amount of races you sign up for leave you weeping for what once remained of your paycheck.

24. You stash a water bottle in your freezer to roll out knotted muscles.

25. There is a lacrosse ball in your apartment for this same reason, despite the fact that you’ve never played a day in your life.

26. Few things are as necessary an evil as an ice bath.

27. There is a difference between tired legs and a tired mind, and you know how to overcome and when to give in to each.

28. The only way that a bad day could go worse is if you can’t go for a run to let off your stress.

29. You laugh in the face of such a thing as “too much neon.” There is never such a thing as too much neon.

30. If you live in a country that depends on miles instead of kilometers, you’re slowly converting to #teammetric.

31. The word “fartlek” makes you giggle — it will never stop making you giggle — but at least you know what it means.

32. You know the location of every public bathroom in your neighborhood.

33. You also know the location of most Starbucks stores, in a pinch.

34. You’ve researched running routes before heading on vacation or a business trip.

35. When someone tells you that running a marathon is crazy, you’re just kind of like, well, yeah, that’s the point.

36. You know the streets when they’re quiet and calm, when the day is either just beginning or just ending, and you have a piece of the world to yourself. It’s nothing else but the road and your legs and your mind, and no one can take that away from you.

37. But it is never, ever “jogging.”