Tag: motivationalchants

So I’m doing this thing.

A thing that would make past me roll my eyes at future me.

I’m “training” for a “10k”. The quotation marks are intended to add maximum sarcasm to both those words. If you’d met be 3 months ago, I would’ve told you I’ve never run a full mile in my entire life. Yes, my high school had an annual mile run. Guess who walked 2/3 of it every year? So the fact that I am saying the words, “I’m training for a 10k” means a lot.

But I want to get serious about my health in the event that I live long enough to see Oprah or Adele crowned Queen of the World (or dare I say: joint Queens!). So I will begin with a couple steps, that will become a couple runs, that will become a journey.

Thus far, my training has comprised of 1-2 mile runs with weeks-long gaps in between. Not surprisingly, nothing about my ability to run improved on that training schedule. So now I’m getting serious. I’ve signed up for a 10k in November. I’ve paid the fee. And I’ve run 3 times in this week.

Feel free to follow along. I’ll be periodically updating about my running journey and all the ridiculous thoughts I have along the way. (Teaser: my last run generated this motivating chant: *Michelle & Barack did not put up with 8 years of Republican bullshit for me to quit at Mile 2. Get it together, girl.*)

PS.   If you have any tips, tricks or playlists that you use, please share. I’d love to hear em.