20 miles baby!

I have officially made it to twenty miles! Oh YEAH! I feel great...and a bit stiff, but I am so proud of myself! It took a bit under 4 hours to do. Only 6.2 left until the completion of one of my goals! While I was running, I started thinking about how much I've run in the past few months...and that I haven't lost any weight in doing so. I don't really know how that is possible seeing as how this is the most I've ever run in my entire LIFE! I then started wondering why I have been obsessing about why I haven't lost any weight....why does it matter to me so much? Shouldn't it be enough that I am perhaps in better shape than most people who are much thinner than me? That in the last few months I have pushed and challenged myself more than most people will ever do in an entire lifetime....and that I am also nearing completion of a goal that I never thought would have been possibble, since I still don't consider myself a real runner. I don't know why I, along with so many other people, am married to the numbers that show up on my digital scale. And why the lower the number on the scale is, the better I feel. I feel so healthy and powerful right now, so why am I not satisfied with that? Arghhhh!!! I wish this obsession would stop! Maybe that'll be another goal of mine, one that'll last a lifetime.....STOP OBSESSING OVER HOW MUCH I WEIGH AND APPRECIATE HOW HEALTHY, STRONG PHYSICALLY FIT I AM! Pardon the venting, it's just something I needed to get out...and what better place than keishasplace right?

Something I forgot to mention about last week. Jas and I went to a Drive-In movie in Belleville! When was the last time you went to a Drive-In??? It was so much fun and brought back so many memories from when I was little. My aunt, mom, cousins, sisters and I used to go all the time when I was young. We would pile into my aunt's old stationwagon, with the wood paneling on the side, and head out. Most of the time I would fall asleep halfway through the movie (I still do that), but it was still some of the most memorable times!

Tomorrow I start school again and I'm taking a class that I have put off forever. BIOLOGY....AHHHH! I can't say that I'm looking forward to it, but I have to get er' done so I just have to suck it up:( This is my last free weekend until Christmas:(

4 weeks til my race!

Thanks for stopping by!
Keisha

Saturday, August 23, 2008 | |

 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Keisha Gwin,

I am so stoked for you that you completed 20 miles. You are awesome!!! I can't wait to read your blog when you finish 26.2. Good luck with school this semester. We just got back from a UK gig and I missed your soulful singing. All the Frandsen's can't wait to hear it again.

F2G2
(Frandsens For Gwin Goodins)

August 24, 2008 at 1:13 PM  
Don said...

That's what its all about - pushing and challenging oneself. I can hear the joy within your words. Good deal.

Continue to handle your business and good luck with school.

August 24, 2008 at 9:23 PM  

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