And I donāt really care if nobody else believes…
’cause I still got a lot of FIGHT left in me.ā
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Very recently I have received a lot of private messages. People want to know: how do I train? What is my diet? And where the heck do I get the drive to want to help so many people?
Although the physical grit is an absolute must, as is nutritionā¦ training my mind is the MOST important thing I do. When our head is not in the game, the rest fall like dominos.
Do I stumble? Yes. Do I get off track? Yes. Am I a quitter? Hell no! Journaling is a huge part of my running success. Itās part of who I am.
Today Imma keep it real and share with you a letter I wrote to myself this morning as I’m putting it in the mental instead of physical work.
Dear Suzanneā¦
Today I release everything and everybody that no longer serves your quest for peace and health. I am sorry for the way I often treat you, and the way I let others treat you. I am so sorry that I allowed you to tolerate selfish people whose intentions were clearly not the best for you.
Today I promise to do my best to no longer look at you in the mirror and see flaws, or think you are overweight or imperfect, or not pretty enough, or not good enough.
Today I will love you for who you are: a loving wife, a kick-ass mom, a loyal friend, and one hell of an athlete.
Today WE need to do better at feeding your body and soul with what it needsā¦ THE GOOD STUFF. By that I mean with love and plants, fruits, more veggies, and with good people with good vibesā¦ who have only the BEST intentions for you.
Today I will try better to release you from the dizzying merry go round of societal crap. You donāt need to reinvent the wheel, Suzanneā¦ today you just need to re-up your contract with yourself. Today I reclaim it!!
Love,
Your BEST Self
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This morning’s run was a hot, humid one here in New Jersey.
Often times I get up and go without much thought on where I will run or how far I will go. I tie my laces, walk out my door and immediately I am on my familiar county roads.
Some days I see just wildlife, some days many town locals wave as they pass me in their cars. Today was just the hum of the local farmer’s tractor off in the distance, the sounds of the birds, and my heavy breathing trying to fight the humidity.
As I passed the barn with that beautiful flag hung… I am quickly reminded of just how lucky and blessed I am.
I get to wake up and do what I love, on these back farm town roads that I love but not without what that flag represents… not without those men and women who bravely fought so I could be just this lucky.
This is my home… these are my roads… and today I am just a happy girl.
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Today is simple. Wake up and do your best. We all need support, we all need encouragement. We need laughter, and appreciation for others. We need help from time to time, we need acceptance and humbleness to be teachable and to grow.
We need a few good friends, we need more sincerity and a lot less posed fakeness.
I have crawled from the depths of hell out of my alcohol addiction. I have lost 90 pounds not by sheer luck but by discipline, and hard days, mixed with both tears of deflated failure and of joy.
I have learned how to negotiate running as my beautiful outlet for this batshit crazy world I live in, for the toxic people and negative people I must deal with, and for the continued benefits of my health and well being.
Donāt let anyone tell you how to tie your laces. Only you know where youāve beenā¦ where you areā¦ and where you are heading. As for meā¦ today I slip on my headbandā¦ sip the rocket fuelā¦ smileā¦ and go celebrate that I get to wake up and do what I love.
Why not wake up today and decide today is the day you change your life?
Why not wake up today and decide today is the day you cut the excuses?
Why not wake up today and decide you are going put to rest doubt and fear?
Why not wake up today and forget the scale, forget the harsh screams of others and just be wonderfully you?
Why not wake up today and smile and wave at all them haters and naysayers?
Today is yours. The work is hard, and the road may be long, but the journey… every paved and unpaved mile, will teach you something valuable. Set out to find gratitude in each mile.
Have acceptance in each setback, and have hope for every victory yet to come. Someone is watching you. Show them kindness, teach them love, and let them in on your successes.
Bitterness need not apply. Now letās go smash some pavementā¦ after all, it is WEDNESDAYā¼ļø WHY NOT?
Never ever again to settle for less than what feeds my soul.
Do I pray for this world? You bet I doā¼ļø
Am I going to just sit back and let the world happen to me? Hell noā¼ļø
Wake up and be an influencer!!
Stop whiningā¼ļø Make your bedā¼ļø Make good foodā¼ļø Lace ’em upā¼ļø And go scream it from the rooftopsā¼ļø
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