Perfectly Imperfect and Ok With That!

Last night was fantastic!! I got home, it was a tough tough  day and I thought - I need to kick something. Looked at the dog - she didn't do anything..yet ;)  kidding kidding.. SO, busted out my Les Mills Combat workout.  I got so obsessed with this program that I pretty much stopped doing everything else other than running for months. So I had to give it a break, hence me starting Body Beast. Well I started. Then I got so involved in the workout I had to ask Jessalyn to workout with me because I couldn't stop! I GOT UNLEASHED! What does that mean? I just let go. I felt transported.  THIS is the very definition, to me, of a soul mate workout. What else could it be if not the love of your (fitness) life? Why I got some tips for you! You can’t wait for the next day to do it again! You glow about it when you’re with friends or family. You want to meet the trainer who created those workouts and when you do, you’re even more hooked on the workout than when you...

My hubby calls it stupid pride but eh. Same idea. It's ego. You refuse to accept something so you exert effort doing something to just do it. Silly Pride lived in my untrained running legs yesterday. It's laughing at me today. I signed up for a 15k I've been wanting to do for a while. Well the flu, upper respiratory infection after, etc equals,  not on track like I was when I wanted to do it.  "WELL I PAID FOR IT!"..."ITS JUST A RUN". Yeah well there's a reason athletes TRAIN! It's to prevent injury. That was the WORST as far as timing, that I've ever done.  Today I'm sore but yesterday I caught a Charlie horse WHILE RUNNING! I was only 5 or 6 miles in. Sooo I walk/ran to finish thinking ".. It's 33 degrees. You're a dumba$$ for not training Jessica." I finished, got a couple more Charlies- can you get them in your stomach too BC those were NOT regular cramps! Those put "time of the month" cramps to the level o...