Small Victories & Solo Runs

For the last year or for however long it's been since I've started trying to workout on a regular basis and I've tried to get Parrish to work out with me. It's only taken me a year - but ladies & gentlemen Parrish has walked with me. TWICE. *dances a jig*


I swear I am so excited -- I HATE having to exercise by myself. It's so boring and my motivation is just about nil about halfway through. Oh yea, and it's good for Parrish to exercise too blah blah blah ;)


Seriously, he's working really hard and I have to give him props. The last time he walked it was 3 loops around our sub division and the neighboring one, which is a little over two miles. Not bad for an old man with bad knees. Naturally, trying to keep it up has been a struggle for both of us - getting up at 5 am is rough, especially when he's been at school until 7-8 every night.


Sonja & I have been walking our loop at work twice a week, and today I got motivated and went for a "run" by myself. It would've been less depressing if my coworkers hadn't driven by me while I was walking. I did pretty well considering, I can run almost the entire first half mile, so I'm pretty proud of that. Another small victory right? I hope by the end of the year to be able to run most of the loop continuously, but right now I'm just proud that I'm getting out there.