Several months ago, it finally hit me that I am a senior. That virtually everything I do this year will be my last time ever doing it. And then, upon pondering this thought some more, I realized that this meant that once volleyball season ended, I would never play another sport again, or have any way at all of staying in shape.
Well, I decided that this was unacceptable. I must have some way to burn calories, or I will get fat. And I'm not changing the way I eat. I love sugar too much. No, I needed something that would simply balance out the effects of my bad eating habits.
I considered my different options. I wanted something that wouldn't cost me any money, and something that I could do on my own time and at my own pace. I came to the conclusion that running was my best option.
Seems like a very logical solution, right? Ha! You're forgetting one very, very important thing about me:
I DON'T RUN.
More than that, I don't like running. In fact, I don't normally like exercising in general. I'm not athletic. I'm more of an arts person. The only reason I stuck with volleyball all these years was because I actually (most of the time) enjoyed it, and it was a way of working off all those chocolate milkshakes I eat (drink?).
Seriously, almost everyone (okay...everyone) who knows me was really shocked when I told them I was going to start running, and super impressed that I haven't given up yet.
Of course, if you're expecting me to give up, then you're forgetting another very important thing about me:
I'M NOT A QUITTER.
So, I'm going to stick with it. Volleyball ended last week, and so far, I've run 4 days. The third day I ran my maximum: 2.5 miles. I discovered I can run a mile in about 10 minutes, which I never knew. I also discovered that I can run (at least) 25 minutes without stopping. Next time I think I'll go for 3 miles in 30 minutes. I'm seriously surprising myself. If you'd asked me two weeks ago, I would have thought I'd be dead WAY before I got to this point.
Oh, yeah. And the great thing about running is I can drink (eat?) chocolate milkshakes now totally guilt-free. I often reward myself with one after my runs.
Baha you make me laugh/smile :)
ReplyDeletehaha, i saw where you had been pounding out the miles on your gmail statuses. i was thinking when i saw those: "i didn't know kayla runs." :)
ReplyDeleteyou go girl. i'm fixing to go on my daily run now. :) but i'm in no way as fast as you!!
i love my sugar too!! :)
I just found your blog and it's inspiring especially that you're not giving up. There are days I would love to run, but I don't due to a back problem and I wish I could still play sports I loved sports in school, but lost it all going through high school. Keep Up The Good Work!!
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