things I have learned in Bricks to Bricks training and the 10 miler

things I have learned in Bricks to Bricks training and the 10 miler

1 P.M.A. (positive mental attitude) totally beats C.M.A. (crappy mental attitide) but someday's...CMA prevails....

2. I walked the last mile and 1/2 of the 10 miler by myself...it wasn't fun in fact I thought I was in social purgatory. I sang Jesus Loves me and Father Abraham and the St Francis guy on the bike kept circling me .....BUT Ken tells us this is a social event I figure with 35,000 people I can find Someone to talk to those last 2-3 miles...

3. forget laying everything out the night before I am awake and excited at 5:30 a.m. I need to worry about AFTER the race...and lay out my jammies so I don't have to move much once I get home. ok it is because I won't be moving much once I get home

4. I am getting a shirt made that says: the first shall be last and the last shall be first! this way chip time doesn't really matter now does it...haha

5. if I have to start in corral Z and walk 30 min to starting gate...then I want extra credit for the 13.6 + miles...HEY Mr Kenyan start at the back of the pack and win...

6. I have learned big words like pronation and planter fasciitis , that I will never again use in everyday life

7. I learned that getting fit by the "shoe guys" don't mean your shoes fit ( as I found out at mile 5 of the 10 miler)

8. at mile 9 on the 10 miler I found out stealing a rock from someone's yard and confessing to the cop -will NOT get you a ride in the nice shiny comfy police car...maybe I shoulda beaned him on the head with it...I will carry my emergency free ride rock with me on the mini....

10. I learned that someone has made towels and sucked the life outta them to make them dehydrated so we can pour water on them and re hydrate them to use them....why?

11. I learned I really do not like lime gatorade... no body does that is why it is free at the mini...I bet the first 5 Kenyans get the good stuff...who would know??

12. I have learned that no one expects anyone sized over a 2x to walk this race...hummm got a news flash for ya they do and I am....

13 I have decided spaghetti and cookies are not enough motivation to get me over the start- uh I mean finish line.. So I am placing a large Hershey's chocolate bar at the tent for when I am done..(nobody touches it nobody gets hurt...remember I am armed with my rock.)

14. I worry about getting to the tent after crossing the finish line...I can start I can plod on to the end but finished means just that FINISHED... that may be when I use the rock....

15. they said they will sweep the course of people if you are not keeping pace...all this week as I have walked I hear king size street sweepers behind me .,..it is scary,,,, like a horror movie these sweeper people are not my friends...

16. I have learned that I am not a sporting person I walk to go from point A to point B to go out and do a 10 mile walk " for the fun of it" is NUTS and 13.6 means I have lost my marbles (which by the way is TRUE that's why they give you one BACK after the race at the dinner ) ..I like lots of other things but sore blistered feet sweating like a hog and the thoughts of planter fasciitis are like a personal nightmare... BUT there's always the Hershey bar..

17 I heard last week someone had been training all this time and broke their ankle and thought lucky dog...just kidding ...sorta ..ok ...not right thinking but dang great excuse to stay home and watch it all on T.V.

18 I had surgery on my knee and the Dr was pessimistic about me doing this ( I think it is just his nature or maybe the degree hanging on his wall..hummm) But I have told my husband if I get hurt take me to someone else so I don't have to hear I told you so..I would rather tell him SEE I DID IT!

all that said -- I want that medal that little piece of history that states I finished the 32nd 500 Festival mini marathon -it doesn't say I was chased by the sweeper people it doesn't mention that I was in corral Z the 501st person over the finish line gets the same medal as the 35,000th person... ( think ABOUT that you elite runners!)
it says I finished the race... as Paul said in 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith ~ whoooo hoooo!!
Kim
Greenwood Bricks to Bricks

urgggghhhhhh

ok THIS is awful... I went to weigh in this afternoon and it was
+1.2 now HOW can that be ?? just in the last 2 days I walked 10 miles and swam 1 mile I haven't eaten crazy ... what the heck is going on?? I am so frustrated...I told Scott I coulda sat on the couch and eaten chocolate bars and gained 1.2 pounds who needs this really???

Ok I am NOT gonna do the couch thing at least not yet ,,,the next 2 weeks I WILL track all my food and keep up the swimming and walking after all the mini is May 3rd if I dont lose something then I am going into Dr Ericas and I swear I am not leaving until she figures out what the heck is wrong.

oh there is 8th grade girl drama at school and frankly I am over it . all of it and I am not even sure what IT is...

ok enough whining...Lord ...I am needing help here please send it in the form of something friendly and not exercise....

10 miler

Oh my gosh did the 10 miler yesterday,,,,killed me ! seriously I got blisters on my feet and my whole body HURTS...and the worst part of it is... I was like the bottom i was 13th from the last place...so while I wasn't LAST I coulda been! was it fun oh I guess for like the first mile or so...then it became tedious one foot in front of the other.... I am not sure about doing the mini ...not sure I care enough to do it and feel this way after. I have felt this bad but only after an emmaus weekend when I was like ma cha...that means only 3 hours sleep a night and moving all day... but THAT is for the Lord. my husband is proud of me - me I am just hurting!! I can't wait to get in the pool today not sure how much i will get in lap wise but it has to help!!
here's the results ...
748
Kim--- Indianapolis IN 768
47
45 F 45-49
2:57:55.3
2:58:54.8
0:59.4

not sure what the 2 finish times mean one is chip time the other is actual or something who knows....
my pace is like 17:48 min....gotta have 18 min pace for mini ...
ahhh well if I dont lose something this week I am gonna shoot someone....LOL

Hard today

man I am SO wanting to just stuff my face find some chocolate soup and just roll in it ...it is bad. Lord please take away these cravings this non hunger that is gnawing at my soul my mind my feelings of emptyness are not of you.
maybe I just need to get up and get moving my house is a wreck so it isn't like I don't have anything to keep me busy.

I did have my first weigh in on my weight watchers
lost 5 pounds. who hoo....

ok well I guess I will go talk to my Lord....

walking....and Chocolate cake,,,

Walking ---today Madeline and I walked 4 miles AND...I didn't die....LOL and I know they say never say never but I can tell you I am NEVER gonna be one of those loves exercise gotta do it people. Tho we didn't get done with the four miles and go to DQ which was unfortunately my first thought...LOL
why is this walking thing SO important well in less then 4 weeks we are walking in the Mini marathon... I did reassure Madeline that this is THE race...I am not interested is doing one after this In my book is IT...LOL

Chocolate cake--- today in the paper some guy made a statement that sums up my feelings completely He said he was a chocolate lover and if someone said to him give up chocolate or your gonna die I say well bring on the chocolate cake and plan a funeral!
Amen brother!! LOL

Submitting......

Wow had a new thought in my quiet time submitting my body to God...
know about submitting my mind my life my will ...but my body?? I kinda thought it was all the same thing but God says NOT-
Rather it is diet or exercise or healing of the bad knee I just need to submit it all to Him ... And I feel in this weight watcher thing it is submitting my body to Him,..,.and in this excersise thing it is submitting my body to Him and even in this painful knee thing I need to just give it over to Him... I can not fix it ...submit submit submit....there is a time I have to admit (haha)I would have rather ran then to submit...(such a poet ..LOL) But now it is ok ...And I am renouncing the rebellion that wells up inside of me these last few days as I am submitting my body to Him to this program. Rebelllion like an angry lion roaring inside of me loudly at this process..the Lord says to me --Be still And know I am God ...and I know that He is....

weight watchers

Well I did it on my own ..went and joined weight watchers back to the land of points and tracking food ect. Accountability is really what it is all about. And the reason I always hated weight watchers before is because I get so darn cold last night I was freezing! I think it must be the water! LOL Maybe I need to drink warm water (yuck!)
The swimming is going well still.. I am still loving it ...I have to pick up my walking tho for the Mini-- last night at Bricks to Bricks that is the first time I have actually walked in months...because of this knee...anyway it was good but I am way behind!! LOL this week I am supposed to be getting in 24-28 miles...with one day being at 7-8 miles....man I just figured that in my head and (said to the empty room like it was nothing...)that's only 4 miles a day ONLY!!!!!!!
if I swim 1/2 mile of it does that count?? LOL

So swimming AND walking ...where am I gonna find the time???

for the record I hate weight watchers,....BUT I feel it is the right thing to do...Why is the Lord having me do something I hate...why can't He let me be on the Hershey's chocolate diet ...oh wait that's what I HAVE been on...LOL

ok heres a thought maybe I should walk to swimming...LOL its about 2 miles there...what kind of exercise nut would THAT make me???LOL ROTFLOL....seriously !!

getting peace that surpasses my own understanding ....

with that said...I am mopving way too fast in directions I do not believe the Lord wants me to go....
with the photography thing,,,I can see that MAYBE school is in my future...but NOT now...I still have loose ends to tie up from the last few years notes to type - ect. I have jumped ahead in this new life without talking it over with the Lord I just took it on my own to say I want to be I want to do ...that was wrong of me and for that I am sorry Lord. That was me being in the drivers seat for a short min or a couple long months now I forgot I am in the trunk. and we all can see what kind of train wreack you can get into when you drive from the trunk.
He is king of my life then I got to seek Him for the direction of my life.,..not me pick and expect Him to get with the program my arrogance is astounding after all He has done for me.
So humbeling myself before my King ...sitting back and waiting on Him doing the things HE has put before me once again a student of obedience ... oh I will still take some pictures but this picture thing IS not my focus. and the peace part is I don't have to worry about it HE is my guide my map quest...I will be looking at Him to see where I am to go next.
the peace part comes from I feel like I have been speaking a forign launguage the last few months but no it is because I became unhooked from my life line Jesus I was in forign lands but now I am back home in His arms under His direction. it feels good to be home .
thank you Jesus for your patience and for letting me grow in you-