Tag: MLmotivation

Your biggest challenge isn’t someone else. It’s the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells ‘CAN’T’. But you don’t listen, you just push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper ‘can’, and you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.

You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

Steve Prefontaine 

Pre

Wow I finally gotten around to watching Prefontaine that I got from Netflix and wow. Despite loosely knowing his tragic story I sobbed uncontrollably the last 10 minutes. I’m adding Without Limits another movie about Pre to my Netflix also. Seriously though what a legend…what could have been, but such is life. The brightest stars are always the first to fade.

A lot of people run a race to see who’s fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.

—Steve Prefontaine (a quote that’s been sitting in my tumblr drafts for quite sometime)

Popping my Tumblr Tuesday cherry

Since I got recommended for the first time ever today by Faster Stronger which TOTALLY made my day, I figured I would do my first tumblr recommendation

and it goes to someone I’m sure most of you already know: 365to30 

But what you may not know is I actually went to grad school with him. Sadly the trials and tribulations of grad school never afforded us to really get to know one another well and I then moved to the south whereas he stayed in the northeast after originally hailing from the south.

Randomly I started following him on twitter right before he started his tumblr and he is the one that introduced me to this whole fitblr world and I am so thankful that he did. I was already on my on weight loss journey, but all of you guys have really been the kick in the ass I needed.

So yeah you’re totally a super villian badass and I think we should crash Spring Weekend and play oozeball in tiny lycra leotards when we both reach our UGWs!

Motivational Monday: Real Women Have Curves

A few months ago when facebook did the doppelganger week I put Kate Winslet. I got it from time to time – mainly around when Titanic came out and Kate had a fuller figure. Well I’m hoping to one day be a doppelganger for the svelte Kate!

Run-spo

Apparently, my new running obsession has ignited a passion in the people around me.

One of my best friends who I “forced” to run my 5K with me has actually really taken to running. She sent me this text yesterday: I spent $125 on running clothes and I blame you.

A grad student who has been working in our office for the past month said that I’ve inspired her to train for another half marathon (she’s run 2 previously, but has been on hiatus).

Another one of my best friends who is coming to Nashville with me for the 4th of July and originally was going to just cheer me on in my 10k is actually training to run in the 5K portion of the race in Nashville! She doesn’t know if she’ll be ready or can run the whole time, but she’s training and hopes the heat in the south won’t kill her 😛

I’m so proud of all of my friends, I think surrounding yourself with a support system is so important. I’m thankful to have all of you on here, but having friends in real life will help me continue this lifestyle change.