The past two days I’ve slayed my morning demons! Even though it feels like complete torture when my alarm goes off at 5/6am, I feel so much better throughout the day. Yesterday I was a good little triathlete and got up at 6am for hill repeats on Cat Hill in Central Park. This is after a second night of not sleeping very well. I was super tired but forced myself out of bed and got the running party started (well, after walking and feeding the dog). It was also pretty humid out there and I was basically drenched after I completed my workout. My body felt a little off afterwards.... it was probably a combination of losing lots of salt, being dehydrated and not sleeping well. Overall, my hill repeats went well. The middle ones were tough but I ended them on a good, fast note.
This morning I gave in to my morning demons. I had a swim on my schedule and I would normally wake up at 615 to get her done. But, I was the one who was done. I decided to sleep in til 730 and planned my evening around my swim. I was hesitant to do this since the last Thursday night I went swimming I could only swim for 30 minutes because the pool was packed. I am hoping if I go right after work it won’t be too busy.
My morning splurge stemmed from a nice evening last night! Instead of my usual routine of coming home, walking Ollie, cooking dinner, watching tv and going to bed, I went to the movies with Simon. We’ve been wanting to see Inception since it came out and finally found some time to do it. I really enjoyed it and thought the cinematography and the music scoring were pretty awesome. How in the world do they do all that fancy stuff?? If you haven’t seen it, the premise is that Leonardo DiCaprio hijacks people’s dreams (I’m sure most women wouldn’t mind that at all!) and plants an idea so subtle but effective that the person will live out that idea.
So, Inception got me thinking.... Where did the idea of Ironman come from for me? When did it get planted as a tiny seed in my head? I can’t pinpoint the exact date or time but I feel like it could have well been in a dream. I used to hate, despise, absolutely loath running. I only ran to stay in shape to play field hockey in high school and college. Running caused me physical pain, so why would I enjoy something that hurt so bad? I wound up having surgery on both my legs to correct Compartment Syndrome. Basically my calf muscles were too jacked for the compartments they were in so they weren’t getting enough oxygen to breath and work properly. So they sliced open my compartments to give my huge calves more room to function. After the surgery, I basically took 2 years off of hard training and gained weight. Post college I felt gross about myself so I decided to run a bit to shed some pounds. Then came my first 5k, 10k, triathlon and the rest is history. I never thought in a million years I would be able to run a marathon or even attempt a full Ironman. I feel so lucky to have found this new spirit in myself. This whole process has changed me and I expect even more changes to happen within the next year. All it took was a tiny seed of inspiration, determination and craziness. So thank you, to whomever hijacked my dreams and planted a tiny seed called Ironman in my brain! So what’s something you never thought you’d do in a million years? Could you it be your seed? Maybe. Why not water it. Watch what happens.
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