Friday, December 23, 2011

Fitness Friday-Reaching Goals

Welcome to another Fitness Friday post!  Today I am reflecting on something I tweeted (that still sounds dirty to me) this morning.....
"Cheers to finishing what I started"
In January when I set the goal of running 1500 miles, I knew it would be a challenge but one that I was ready for.  I started the year off strong but the Spring brought some bumps in the road.  This challenge kept me focused on pounding away the miles day by day, week by week, month by month....little by little inching my way to 1500 miles!  Today I jumped on the mill at the gym....sleepy from a night of baking and getting ready for my last day before break....4 miles were all I needed to get to this finish line.  4 miles....probably one of the shortest runs I've done in many months but packed with so many thoughts and emotions.  I kept repeating to myself....finish what you've started....you owe it to you to finish what you've started....finish strong.  As the numbers ticked over to 4.0 miles, with tears in my eyes I knew I had made it.  I endured....I kept the course set before me...with His strength I crossed 1500 miles.  With God, I finished what I started 12 months ago.  The Tall Mom 1000+ Challenge has inspired me to push myself past what I thought was possible and this year was no exception!  Next week this will be a part of my year in review week but I would be missing out if I didn't thank Mel for starting this challenge last year.  It has changed me as a person and as a runner! 
Happy holidays to all of you!  I hope your weekend is filled with health, love, happiness, and peace! 

21 comments:

  1. WOW what an inspiring post :D I am SOOOOOOOOOO happy for you girl and I only started running in June/July I think I've only run about 200-300 miles lol so Maybe I should make myself a running millage goal for next year :D I'll try to do 1000 !!!

    CONGRATS xo

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  2. Merry Christmas to you and your too :-)

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  3. Yay! Congrats on reaching your awesome goal!

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  4. virtual high 5! that is awesome :)

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  5. Hi I am from the Friday Fitness Blog Hop...Wow!! This was AMAZING!! So much inspiration! I am glad I found your blog as I've been inspired over the last four months to begin running! I've done some 5K's here and there and want to start on 1/2's! I love that you give glory to God, your faith and perserverance has truly brought you!!
    Happy Holidays!

    www.lgilifeandfitness.blogspot.com

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  6. yahoo! Congrats on reaching your goal! Can't wait to follow along and see what the future brings for you! Merry Christmas!

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  7. Yay and Congrats to you! Merry Christmas!!!

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  8. A big congrats! What a great way to finish out the year!!

    Merry Christmas--peace, love and joy!

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  9. Great job hitting your goal! I don't think I hit half your mileage.

    Have a wonderful Christmas :)

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  10. Congratulations!!! What a great accomplishment :) I totally get the emotional moment of reaching that #!!

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  11. Congrats on all of your hard work!

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  12. Nancy that is awesome!! Congrats! I'm looking forward to seeing what you accomplish in 2012 :)

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  13. Congratulations!!!!! Awesome accomplishment.

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  14. Big accomplishment!!! Wow! Congrats on seeing it through!

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  15. congrats on hitting 1500!! merry christmas!

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  16. Congratulations!!!!!! That's so exciting! What an accomplishment!

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  17. Nancy, that is fantastic! Way to stick to it :) Congrats on an awesome milestone achieved!

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  18. Go girl....inspiring and giving me HOPE that I can somehow get through my last 18! Congrats!

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  19. WOW! Congratulations!! 1500 miles in 1 year is HUGE!!

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  20. Whoo-Hoo! Congratulations - that is an awesome achievement!

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