Someone
asked me the other day why I chose to blog about my running adventures.
To
be honest, I really didn't have a good reason.
I just started it as a means of recording my marathon journey, mainly to
keep me accountable. And, although I
haven’t been doing it for very long, it is already fun to re-read all the
ups-and-downs I've experienced along the way…and there are a LOT of them, lol…either that or I am suffering from an undiagnosed bipolar disorder.
It
never occurred to me that other people (besides my family) actually read and follow my blog. Then yesterday, I received this from a fellow
runner:
"I enjoyed reading your blog! You're awesome and you inspired me to push myself. Thanks!! Sometimes, without knowing, you touch people. God bless you and good luck on your marathon, your going to do GREAT!!!"
“You inspired me to push
myself.” That is something I say
about Amanda, or Renee, or Bri. That is
not something people say about me.
But
it kinda makes sense to me. I am not
super-athletic, I don’t have a “runner’s body,” I was never a runner in high
school/college. I am a stay-at-home military
wife and mother of two small children who up until 2 years ago hated running. I’m an average Joe.
It’s
like when I look for a fitness inspiration I go after people who used to be
overweight. Seriously, those people are
more of an inspiration to me than any genetically blessed bean pole. They had to work for what they wanted. They had a goal and they achieved it. They made choices and not excuses. Those are the people I look up to. Those are my peeps.
I am not a genetically blessed bean pole, nor
am I a genetically blessed athlete. But
I do work for it, I do try, and I do fight….and if people can relate to me, if
they are my peeps – the average Joes - and this can motivate them, then that is
awesome and that is what I will try to do…because “sometimes, without knowing, you touch people.”
Amen!
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