InspiRED - by my red team.

This blog is AWESOME! It is fun, interactive, motivating, different, and I think most importantly honest and real. Keep them coming… I think I’ll share a little bit about my workout today…

Today, I logged on to dailyburn and saw I had some catching up to do on the Marathon Challenge. I hopped on the treadmill and it started out to be one of those days where each mile was a struggle. I thought to myself why are some days harder than others? Are they physically more challenging? Or is it mental? Well, today I wasn’t sore from anything, I had eaten a well-balanced breakfast and lunch, I should have been good to go! I focused on how I was feeling – I realized I was thinking about how I was aggravated because my heart rate monitor strap was loose, kept sliding down and I wasn’t getting an accurate reading, I then forgot to go to the bathroom prior to hoping on the treadmill so I had that annoying I need to pee thought running through my mind (don’t we hate when that happens?! J) I was focusing on all the bad – I was looking for any “excuse” to end my workout early so I could go home for the day. Then I thought about my day – it started with TEAM FIRED UP at 5am. I thought of how hard they worked, and pushed through the wall sits and race car drivers. Would I stop if I had the team with me? HECK NO! I am a part of this team – I can’t stop just because they aren’t here and won’t know. I thought of how much they have inspired me in just a short week and a half! I started thinking of all the good things – the positive thoughts – and my run started getting better and better. I started at 6.0 mph dragging, and finished 5 miles strong at 8.5 mph.

So thank you TEAM FIRED UP for motivating me and pushing me through today. I have seen you all push each other, encourage one another, and grow individually as well as together. Today the team was my fuel to keep going! The best part of team training so far is how everyone is making everyone else better. It is so fun! Keep up the hard work, never be satisfied, and remember “if you believe it, you’ll be it!”