Go big or go home!

As a kid (I define "kid" as me prior to 30...) I was a perfectionist.  So much so that I was afraid of failing.  I was afraid I'd let people down.  Whether it was coming in 4th in the 100m sprint in 9th grade or not going into a more demanding field because I was afraid I wouldnt' be good at it.

Some of you may be familiar with these sentiments.  Some of you aren't.  There are people out there who never really worry about failing.  Ok, they might worry about it but they don't let it stop them from doing something.  Therein lies the difference.  If i was afraid of failing I usually wouldn't even give it a try to start.  Or I'd make excuses.  Or something to make my failure, or my perceived eminent failure, not look "so bad".

In case you're wondering - this way of life has not worked out the best for me.  I can look back and see lots of missed opportunities that now, at 34, would kill for.  But I won't dwell on the past.  Can't change it anyway, right??

But now I'm finding that I'm starting to swing the opposite direction.  If I'm going to try it, dammit I'm going to do it up BIG!

- Start riding a road bike??  Why not buy a brand-new bike and train for a century ride??
- Want to start running more?  Book myself for a 5K?  HELL NO!  Sign me up or an out-of-town half marathon!!
- Rollerblade just around the lake for exercise??  Well, yeah.  That's all I do on my Rollerblades.... for now!  ; ) Although I wouldn't rule out a roller derby stint at some point....

So I've had several people ask me if I do triathlons since I already run and bike.  I don't.  But maybe not for long.  I'm going to join the Y (since it has a pool) and I've already been in touch with the gal that organizes the tri-training.  I'm putting together a plan.  Because why bother to learn to swim fast if all I'm going to do it do laps in a pool??

So I'll try and keep you in the loop with the "training" thing. 

BTW - I have not forgotten about the wedding pictures.  I'll try and get those up this weekend. 

Also - I'm still working on the Murphy bed - just haven't injured myself beyond a little 'ol bruise.
  But fear not - surely I'll do something to hurt myself!

Made it!

I made it through the week!!  What a doozy!  I'm going home and having a fat glass-o-wine!

This week the hubby and I decided that we both need to start:

• Getting up earlier in the morning
• Working out (again)

Based on this premise I suggested yesterday that we start getting up earlier in the morning and officially start our half marathon training.  (Did I mention that the hubby said he'd run one with me if I decided to do another one??  Trust me, I'm as shocked as you are!)

After a little grumbling he agreed.  I used the "smart coach" on runnersworld.com and got us a nice and slow training schedule.  Probably on the easy side for me (since I've run one) and probably a little challenging for him (since he hasn't run in a looooong time.)  I have us starting next week and our first run isn't until Tuesday.  (which, BTW, I will start us running/ walking, a minute on/ off so I don't kill him...)  I suggested we start getting up a little earlier each day until then and get our bodies more used to it.  So today I got us up around 6:20 and we walked about 2 miles together. (about 32 minutes)  The point was not to "train" but to start waking up earlier and get moving. 

Ok, so we're making progress.  But honey, if you're reading this, if you tell me to slow down walking one more time I'm gonna drop you from my training schedule like a bad habit.  If you thought keeping up with me walking was hard just wait until we add a bounce to it....

In all fairness he was just a little whiney at the beginning and was fine by the end.  I suppose I'd be a bit cranky too if I hadn't woken up early to train for something since, say, college....

If you noticed, I have tried to add some widget to the right side of my blog.  The idea was to get you guys to post what your workout is going to be and then check back in with details - like did you do it??  How'd it go??  I'm not sure this is the best widget but it's all I could find for the moment.  Plus, when I try and swap my questions around to make chronological sense it won't do it.  So if you have any better ideas please do share!!!  Do I need to just start a new blog? (but then I thought that would get cumbersome...  we're all busy and don't have time to roam through a bazillion blogs all the time...)  So let me know!!  I'm open for change!