Today I am Spammity McSpammenstein
I had a little bit of a mental breakthrough this past weekend, you guyz.
I got an email from my gym about an event they're hosting in December, a holiday "fun run" kind of event. A 5k walk/run. A Toys for Tots fundraiser.
I automatically went to trash it, assuming that I could never participate in such an event, as I've always disqualified myself from any athletic event. I could never do such a thing. I'm a fat girl. I can't be part of a sports event. Such things aren't for the likes of me.
But then I hesitated. Wait a second. Five kilometers. That's just over three miles. I regularly do 2.5 miles on the treadmill. I could certainly walk 3.1 miles, especially if I wasn't spending part of it doing intervals, as I do on the treadmill. If I just kept up a steady pace, I could do that.
I could participate in this athletic event. Me. Fat Girl Me. I could wear a number and clock a time and get a commemorative t-shirt saying "I did that. I walked 5K for a good cause. I didn't have the best time but I didn't have the worst, either. Just for a couple of hours, I was an athlete. And I'll do it again, and I'll do it faster next time."
My problem is that it's on December 20. I'm planning to drive to Wisconsin for the holidays that day (an eight hour drive). But I still could. The event is in the morning. It wouldn't take more than 90 minutes, probably less. I could do it, come home and shower, then leave.
I think I will. And hope there aren't two feet of snow on the ground. Which would be more of a problem for my drive than for this walk, but you know.
I got an email from my gym about an event they're hosting in December, a holiday "fun run" kind of event. A 5k walk/run. A Toys for Tots fundraiser.
I automatically went to trash it, assuming that I could never participate in such an event, as I've always disqualified myself from any athletic event. I could never do such a thing. I'm a fat girl. I can't be part of a sports event. Such things aren't for the likes of me.
But then I hesitated. Wait a second. Five kilometers. That's just over three miles. I regularly do 2.5 miles on the treadmill. I could certainly walk 3.1 miles, especially if I wasn't spending part of it doing intervals, as I do on the treadmill. If I just kept up a steady pace, I could do that.
I could participate in this athletic event. Me. Fat Girl Me. I could wear a number and clock a time and get a commemorative t-shirt saying "I did that. I walked 5K for a good cause. I didn't have the best time but I didn't have the worst, either. Just for a couple of hours, I was an athlete. And I'll do it again, and I'll do it faster next time."
My problem is that it's on December 20. I'm planning to drive to Wisconsin for the holidays that day (an eight hour drive). But I still could. The event is in the morning. It wouldn't take more than 90 minutes, probably less. I could do it, come home and shower, then leave.
I think I will. And hope there aren't two feet of snow on the ground. Which would be more of a problem for my drive than for this walk, but you know.