I made the decision to dust off my old Giddy Runner blog that chronicled marathon training and racing. The final blog was September 2012. That period of time in my life was epic. Long story short I absolutely burned out from running and needed a break. A long break.
Fast forward in 2014 I decided to give another HM another shot and I trained all spring and summer and trained according to plan. On race day while proudly wearing my Marathon Maniac Double Agent tee...I absolutely bombed. What the hell happened? For one thing I was not in fitness form. I ate like crap. That's what happened. I was completely deflated and sorely disappointed. Luckily, Joe Moreno, the most amazing race director ever...was at the finish line and tried to console me. Joe means the world to me and has for many years.
After that very frustrating period of time...I left running altogether. I hated it. So I pretty much became sedentary with a desk job. I'm all or nothing. It's how I roll.
Fast forward to Fall 2016 I was still not taking care of myself because I didn't give a rat's ass and it began to show mentally and physically. Then, life shook me to the core. In the span of two weeks, my beloved father was diagnosed with heart failure. Two weeks after that Jim learned he had kidney cancer. My mind was in a whirlwind and spiraling down. Between Dad's doctor appointments and Jim's surgery...the stress eating was nuts! Slowly I began to gain weight. Jim's kidney cancer was deemed snuffed out Score.
At the end of 2016 Dad had a successful cardiac stent placed and did well with that. In this period of time Dad moved out of our house and into his beautiful new hone across the street from us. He had a blast with that house! We had our family Christmas 2016 at dad's house and that was one of the best family Christmas in years. Dad had a ball!
Dad's next cardiac stent was placed January 25, 2017 and this time everything went south. Dad passed away in ICU January 26. Life stood still. Then Jim was diagnosed with prostate cancer...cancer #2. I hit bottom and ultimately gained 40 lbs. that Spring and Summer. I felt like utter crap mentally and physically.
I was then at the crossroads of what I was going to do about my own health. It was at that point in time I decided to go back to
kyrawilliamsfitness.com. I utilized Kyra's fitness expertise several years past and it worked. The only problem was I didn't stick to it after I reached my goals. This time seemed different however.
So, I contacted Kyra and started all over again with her program. She has several options to choose from and I decided to go all in with her Commit2Fit program. It is one on one with an amazing private Facebook group included. Each session is 3 months long and totally worth every penny. Long story short in one year (3 - C2f sessions) I went from...well...check out the photo progression.
40 lbs. lost
It is pretty gutsy for me to post my photos but I want folks to know where I was and where I am now.
So, why am I blogging again? I am showing what you can do at age 60 if you really want it.
What are my goals?
1) be as healthy as I possibly can...nutrition and fitness
2) I want to be visibly toned from head to toe
3) rebuild my running base so that I can...
4) run another Half marathon next September
5) have a healthy body foundation to stay injury free running
6) C25k training program to build towards running a 5k nonstop
7) increase my running pace over past years
8) be HAPPY!
This summer I participated in a 3-session running clinic and I discovered I ran 30 Hm's and 4 full's completely wrong lol. Oops. I am changing from heel strike to mid or fore foot strike. My arm position has changed along with a forward lean thereby naturally hitting that preferred foot strike. These changes has also increased my cadence and running efficiency. My lungs and heart are trying to catch up.
Sooo...with all of that said I will blog my healthy lifestyle journey like I did with Giddy Runner. It will show me progression and hopefully inspire someone to start their own lifestyle change. Even if it just one person it will be so worth it.
Onward!! Watch me go!!!!
