Setting Goals

All my life, I kept physically fit because I was playing some sort of organized sport. Scheduled games, regular practices, and the occasional self initiated workout kept me pretty healthy. While I never enjoyed working out or lifting weights, I found motivation in my teammates and in the act of playing sports to stay in shape.

Since stepping away from rugby last fall, I also stepped away from that motivation. At first, it was great sitting on a couch for a while after almost 3 decades of activity. Now that I got my break, I am struggling to get back off the couch. I would try now and then to start exercising just to be fit, but without the goal from competition I never stuck to the workout schedule. 

Like a true Wisconsin resident, I signed up for the Green Bay marathon last year in order to pilgrimage to the mother land. Any football fan can realize the sanctity of Lambeau Field, but the opportunity to stand on the field as a Packers fan seemed like a motivating enough reason. 

Turns out it wasn't. 

With an early May race date, much of the preparation was done in the cold of winter. As enjoyable as winter in Wisconsin can be, I, surprisingly enough, found it easy to come up with excuses for not running. Before I knew it, I was deciding not to go to the race.

This year is different. I'm going to document, publicly, the preparation that I put into getting ready to run the great Lambeau marathon (also, the preparation to hopefully leap into the stands.) Remember when I mentioned I don't like exercising though? This will not become a blog begging for encouragement.  I expect to complain and be snarky throughout, but also hopefully entertaining. 

In an effort to encourage entertainment, I vow to always run outside. (The exception being when the weather is so cold that boiling water turns to snow when thrown in the air.) Since I travel pretty regularly for work, this opens the door to a variety of different sceneries, also. And burglars, my guard cat is closely protecting my house, so I'm not worried about you taking my stuff.

Come on leggz, lets get started! 

Tomorrow's workout: 30 min run and Nike Training Club workout - "Razor Sharp"