Wow, summer is hard. It's harder than the holidays I think. There is so much to do with friends, family, and kids' sports. It's half over and I feel like it hasn't even started. Worse yet, the summer food disguises itself as healthy but sugar and fat seem to rear their ugly heads at every place we gather. Sure, I've tried to have a plan for handling summer food. But I didn't know there would be a really cool band playing on the way back to the hotel after Summerfest. Those 14 Coronas just slid down so easy after sweating in the sun all day. And the fresh picked strawberries? Those damn things. Sure, they are delicious on their own but they are a party for your tastebuds when they top some ice cream or a cake, or both I guess. But I wouldn't know.
Every weekend has a cook out. Every baseball diamond has a concession stand. Every grocery store has ice cream. What are we supposed to do? Just avoid this stuff all summer long? I'm having a really hard time with that. Please tell me you are too.
Guess what this means people? It's time to take things up a notch. I'm not joking and you shouldn't be either. Ladies who are planning to run the half marathon in September, it's time to get serious about your training program. 5K ladies, have you started moving your bodies? My crazy marathon gals, you are on your own. You don't need me!
My mission right now? The Ripon Medical Center Triathlon is in 26 days. I have to announce it so that I don't back out! I rode the bike course today for the first time and wanted to cry when I saw the hills. I'm scared to death of the swim after a pretty bad situation at my first triathlon in Winneconne. And when those things are done, there is still a 5K to think about. Maybe I should just forget it and eat another piece of shortcake.
No, no, no. We've all come to far. Go ahead and eat the shortcake but we're taking it up a notch, right? So, where can you sqeeze just one extra mile into your day? 15 minutes or less, where can you sqeeze it in? I'm dead serious. A quick walk or run early in the morning. Over your lunch break, stop sitting at the computer and get outside. Moms, get your kids in the stroller or make them ride their bikes. Remember, this is not your work out, it's just your extra. It won't hurt nearly as much as you think. In fact, I think you're gonna like it.
And now that we're taking things up a notch, it's also time for me to change the format of my blog a bit. I feel my writing has grown stale and I've run out of topics. For the next few weeks it will be a quick tip each week, something to get you moving and change things up a bit. A challenge if you will. This week's challenge is to get that extra mile four out of seven days. Four miles on top of your current program. Don't have a program yet? You better do four miles this week! Walk, run, bike, roller blade, crawl, I don't really care.
I did have another piece of cake by the way. But I'm leashing up the pug and getting my extra mile in right now. Get off your butt and get yours in too!
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