I can't even believe I will be 50 this year. How did I get to this point? It happened so quickly and I feel like I've missed so much...I really must not let that happen anymore!
So this is the start of what I've decided to make an EPIC year, my 50th. I think I can make this my best year ever,so far, and share it with you.
I haven't ever done this before so hopefully you'll forgive me as I learn how to do this...maybe by the end of this, my 50th year, I'll have it figured out?!? I guess we'll see.
For those of you that know me, you know I am fortunate to have an amazing support system. My husband is at the top of that heap (more on him later), some incredibly motivating family members and many many friends who fit into that bucket as well.
I'm a bit of a procrastinator, therefore my blog is starting in February rather than January. I've been thinking about doing this for a while but it took me to now to get started. 😞
The basic plan is to get fit, be healthy, have epic adventures and generally enjoy life. In other words, finally take charge of my life!
I think I'm off to a pretty good start.
The idea all started on a late fall camping trip to one of our favorite locations near the Montana border. It was one of those relaxing weekends where the weather cooperates and things just seem to click...suddenly it occurred to me that 50 was right around the corner.
How is that possible? I feel like I'm still 'growing up'. That was when I decided I would make my 50th year as epic as possible! (I really like the term 'epic' so you'll probably read that a lot).
In December I had signed up for a boot camp class at the college. This was the third time I'd taken this same class in a year so I pretty much knew what I was getting myself into but it felt different this time. For some reason this time I felt like I really 'got it'. I mean I really suck at it and I'm always last in the class but this time I didn't care so much about that part as what it could do for me physically and as a result, mentally. So when a fellow classmate suggested we hire the instructor of the boot camp class as a personal trainer and actually pay more for this torture, I actually agreed! Seriously, who does that at 50? Well OK, probably lots of people, but until now it wasn't anything I would have considered. She quickly took me up on it, recruited two more guinea pigs, got us signed up, collected our money and we were committed! Beginning the first Friday in January and every Friday after that for 12 weeks we had committed to (and paid for) our own personal fitness (read torture) journey.
About the same time that I signed up for the boot camp class, I also registered for a trail run. My first ever! I am so excited about this epic event and I hope it's just one of many in my 50th year. The run isn't until June so I figure I have lots of time to get ready, right?!? I guess that's why it was so easy to talk me into hiring a personal trainer...I knew I had this race looming. It's a 25k (15.5 miles) trail run in some incredibly beautiful country in Idaho. As you know, Idaho has a lot of mountains, big ones! Any trail run in Idaho is going to involve a lot of ascent probably a similar amount of descent a and very little time on flat ground...I have my work cut out for me!
I have a lot of smaller, but no less epic, adventures planned along the way. For starters, hiring a personal trainer for the first time in my life was a pretty big leap....and you know what, I LOVE IT! I'm pretty sure it has to do with hiring the right person and working with an amazing group of friends, but I really look forward to those Friday evening workout sessions and it's really disappointing if I have to miss one.
So January is done, one 12th of my year is over, I've just begun my journey and I already feel amazing. Makes you wonder "why didn't I do this sooner?" No time to dwell on the past, this is now and I'm embracing it!
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