A Day In The Life of m2m :)

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So M with all the long walks and stuff how does it make you feel?
I hate to get into in again because when I would miss a day for whatever reason I would feel so quilty.
 
Ah Randy,
There's the catch...there's always this angling voice in the back of my head, 'have you gone on your walk yet?' 'why not?' 'are you going later?' 'what time are you going?' 'how far are you going to walk?' 'is it for speed or distance?'

For instance, I always take my endurance walk Sunday nights. Last Sunday, I did it in the morning because I was going to a party that night. So this morning, I had to FIGHT to stay in bed. The barage of questions kept hitting me, 'are you gonna go?' 'if not, are you SURE you're gonna go tonight?' 'what about the shin splints?' 'it COULD be a stress fracture - you SHOULD rest it'

I think there's this fear in me (and I hate to be led by fear), that if I don't go, I'll never go again.

I know that's not true - I love my walks. I love when I can get to that place in my head where I can tune everything out, the cars the noise, the scenery and just BE and not feel my clothes, not feel my shoes or the ground...it is an amazing, wonderful experience. I do NOT plan on letting that go.

Not to mention, I love it when I'm not at that place yet, and I'm still looking for deer, for snakes, listening to the music, dancing on the street as I go along.

I hear what you're saying about the feeling of guilt Randy, when a day is missed - but if guilt is going to be in our lives, isn't it better that it rears its ugly head for something good as opposed to beating ourselves up for eating the whole half gallon of ice cream ;)

I also compensate if I miss a walk. I generally walk 5 miles 5 days a week and 10+ 1 day a week and off on Monday. So if I were to miss a day, I'd walk an extra mile the other days to make up for the day I lost.

I have no idea if this answered your question! LOL!
 
Well said m2m! And that is EXACTLY why you are going to cruise to your goal weight. Or should I say walk to your goal weight!
 
Take me out of the grips the Forum User's Agreement and I think you'll hear some wide open dialog. Presently you know me in my 'reserved' form ;)

I think Deb would be hitting me with the Boppy Thing within a week View attachment 1483

Strangely enough, I think our chemistry would work in this format. Now if we can convince XM I'm worth 1.2m a year...
 
So...this is the first time I haven't reached my mark :(
I failed at completing my endurance walk tonight.

3.5 miles into the walk - my shin really started to hurt. By 5.5 miles into it, I was limping pretty badly. I made it home in 7.84 miles and not only does my left shin hurt, but my right heal and right hip suffered the weight of my limping.

I hate missing my mark.

My plan was to go 11.49 miles tonight.
:::sigh:::

T2 - As for xm & 1.2m, I'd be happy to split that with you - we could broadcast each from our own home. And yes - the reserved you is only a smidgin of icing off the cake. I'm sure of it.

And remember, I'm a black belt, I don't need to use a Boppy Thing ;)

d
sitting with an ice pack on her ankle
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dang, girl you're gonna be a marathoner before you know it... take care of your shin... I used to get shin splints back in college.. boy they were not fun...
 
Thanks maleficent,
I want to be a marathoner - but it's not going to happen when I shoot for 11 and only reach 7 ;)

I felt like I was "giving up" and I don't like that feeling. All the logic about not making it worse, etc., wasn't very effective.
 
M2M,
Girl, I oughta pop you for pushing yourself with that injury! Shin splints are a serious matter and you really should take it easy as to not do more damage which will have you missing a lot more walks.

I must say that I am EXTREMELY impressed with your motivation. I understand how you feel....I sprained my ankle back before I joined here and they had to literally kick me out of Curves because I kept coming and trying to work out. You really do need to take the time off to let it heal...even though you hate to. But by ALL MEANS stop feeling like you quit or you failed...girl you're out there walking loooong distances with an injury! Failure?! That's a success if I've ever seen one! So stop that nonsense about failure, you inspire me to push myself more and more. So let your body heal and pat yourself on the back for the drive you have and the success you have achieved!!!
 
howdy

M2M
Hey there girl sorry to here about your shin injury!
Sounds painful and congrats on making it as far as you did. Get
well soon oh and another thing OMG you were gonna walk 11 miles
holy cow you put me to shame lol do you walk all 11 at once and what
do ya do to keep yourself from getting bored because I take my dog
and after 3 miles of pulling me on the flood wall we both are done
and tired, I couldn't imagine walking the floodwall 3 and 1/2 times, I would need a stretcher or die of boredom! You go girl!!! Well keep
up the good hard work you look gr8! Tammy:)
 
Walking steals your soul, I swear to God.

At one point I ignored injury to feed my passion cuz a day of walking injured (to me) was better than a day without walking at all. I can so relate to Deb's passion for what she's achieving. The intercompetition was my personal standard for staying on track with my progress, the dietary part become secondary.
 
OK - so today is my regularly scheduled day of rest. No plans to walk.
It's sensitive to the touch (if I rub my hand the length of the shin) and it was sore while in bed if I moved it, but the down and out, outright Pain is less.

Grrr...
Maybe I'll swim today...
 
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