Feel the Burn Thursday!

Good morning, girls! I am so stoked on a personal level this morning- I crossed a threshold that was HUGE for me! I entered a new “decade” on the scale. Feels good to be out of the old weight “decade” that I had been stuck at for a long time! That high feels so great! Having a great week so far, hoping the weekend will hold a lot of fun adventure!

I am listening right now to the audio book 50/50 by Dean Karnazes in which he tells the story of him doing 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. He did this in 2006, sponsored by North Face, in a big tour called the Endurance 50. I get so amped up to run when I get to listen to these snippets throughout my week! Granted, it’s only 15 minutes maybe every other day, but having that playing in my car is so fun. I’ve learned a lot about sweat rates, altitude training advantages, physiological elements, and hill workouts, etc. One of my favorite things in there is his talking about motivation- how sometimes we get burned out or otherwise need to overcome low motivation. He says,
 “MOTIVATION MUST BE CHOSEN.”
I love that. It’s a choice. Something we talk about on this blog a ton. Every morning is a choice. Every setback presents a choice. Every moment our attitude is a choice. Every excuse that pops up we have a choice to challenge it or to let it win as usual. He doesn’t like doing motivational speaking b/c the pump-up effect on the crowd is so short-lived. External motivation doesn’t really last or doesn’t have a lasting impression. The person needs to CHOOSE to be motivated, needs to DECIDE to be motivated. What do you think of that?

What great workouts have you done this week??? Or what do you have planned for this weekend??? My knee is feeling a ton better after having taken it easy this week and so I’m planning a good run for this evening followed by some indoor cycling- can’t wait! I will have some long relaxed runs this weekend, too.

Laura, how’s your new elliptical machine working out??? Red Hot, how did your runs go while on vacation since you had free babysitters in some awesome family members??? Abrey, is your foot healing??? Amy, is your head cold gone??? I hope all of you have a phenomenal weekend & a beautiful new year celebration.

I am very stoked about tomorrow’s posting, BTW, all about the new year, so start thinking now about your goals for the next year that freak you out they’re so big & lofty!!!!!!