The long walk

Jan 24, 2010

Today I did a 12 mile walk as part of my training for my half marathons.  I started out this afternoon, around 2:30 pm.  The sky was cloudy and I thought this would be good to keep me cool.  About a mile into my walk, it started to sprinkle, then to rain.  I turned around to go back home but thought, no, I am going to keep on going.  It would be good training because the chances of one of the 3 half marathons (all in Florida) having rain are pretty high.  As I was walking, getting soaked from head to toe, I started thinking (what else is there to do for 3 hours?). If this had happened a year ago, at 280 lbs, (first of all I never would have been out walking)  I would have turned around and gone home by way of the Circle K that I would have walked by.  I would have gone in, bought 2 pints of Ben and Jerry's (Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Peanutbutter Cup) and anything else that looked good, gone home, changed into cumfy clothes, curled up on the couch and watched a dvd while eating BOTH pints of ice cream.  But not today.  I put in the full 12.15 miles, in the rain, or wind, or just cloudy weather.  I am proud of myself for not giving into the old fat girl thoughts.   I still hear her every now and then.  I just try not to listen to her.  Today, I listened to me!

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