Sore start...

Over the last week we have started walking. I feel sore. We don't walk fast. We don't walk far. How do I get to this point where I want to die after 45 short minutes. I am 26 years old. I should be running! I shouldn't be complaining about my knees during a majorly modified P90X sesh. I want my body back. I want to feel in control again. No more hot wings for me.

PS I feel incredibly blessed to have a teammate to help me along. I know we won't give up on each other and that is the most important key to this whole deal. We have always known how to be healthy. We just haven't figured out how not to give up on ourselves. I love you John. We will do this. Small steps.

Running...

Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the

body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always

tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. When you were

younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired...You've always

got to make the mind take over and keep going."

- George S. Patton, U.S. Army General and 1912 Olympian

 

The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong.

You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet.

It is the will to succeed."

- Jacqueline Gareau, 1980 Boston Marathon champ