day 12 and back at it....

sooooo back on the horse... or bike rather... as they say... however let me just vent a bit... i almost did not get on the bike.... one thing i hate more than any other.. is someone telling me what i should do and telling me to get up and do it.... i happen to think i am old enough to do whatever I want to do..... and will damn well do it when i want to and not when it is demanded...... not sure how it long it will take someone to learn that lesson.... but it better be soon..... ok vent over!!!

so i laid in bed..... saying im not gettin on the bike.. you cant make me.... then realizing i was being just as immature as the person who told me what to do...... and i reminded myself that i am doing this for ME not someone else... ME and the only person i would harm by not getting on the bike was... u got it... me..... so i wasted a whole ten minutes being pissy about being told what to do...... and figured i would only ride for 20 minutes cuz i did not want to be late for work..... then i said no ill ride til 7.... that woulda put me at 22 minutes.... so at that point i was like whats another 8 minutes??? lol... dont ya love how i reason with myself on things..... so it was 30 minutes.... go me... still need to buy my shoes....

on another exciting note.. i entered the 5th 3rd river run contest to win my FREE entrance and guess what??? I did..... the story i submitted is posted below :)

"I ran track in high school years ago and loved it! I also coached cross country for a couple of years. Over the course of 20 years I put on weight to the tune of 420+#'s and then had gastric bypass surgery 3 years ago and have lost a tota...l of 220 #'s. I have since been diagnosed with early onset of degenerative osteo arthritis in both hips. I will not let this stop me from living my life! This is my victory song, this is the start of my new running life. This will be my first race since high school and I have 2 friends at this point who are running with me and a whole crew of family and loved ones supporting me. I am running the 5k, and am running into my life and my future :) That is my story and this is my life!!"

My life won me a free entrance... this is where I am at and where I am going.... today's numbers are below...

‎26mph avg....639.8 calories....12.73 miles.....30.20 minutes