Here I GO AGAIN...

I dont know where I'm going but I sure know where ive been...

Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday..

and I've made up my mind....

I ain't wasting no more time....

 but here I go again, and... here I go again....but not on my own.....here I GO...

18 weeks to go---

        18 weeks sounds like a long time.  Christmas is less than 18 weeks away! - So the end of this year is less then......Anyway, here I Go again, but this time not on my own:)

Last year I began this blog 12 weeks at a time  to track and help me be accountable to myself as I worked towards my goal of running a 5k.  The weeks went by, the blogs posted, the 5k was completed.  It didn't turn out how I had hoped for, but I'm not going to complain.

It's a bit of  an irony that I help people achieve their goals, and make transformative changes that ultimately change their lives. While I do try to "practice what I preach" I somehow felt that,  I, myself, was enough to achieve this goal. I admire clients who are courageous enough to make that first call-and I know  years, even months of conditioned behaviors and thinking cannot readily be changed by oneself. ---I realized I am not enough to get me where I want to go- and that is running the whole course.-- this has been (another) great lesson in humility.

The newest season of The Biggest Loser began  and it sparked my desire to run, once again inspiring me with the amazing things people can do, when done with help. I searched on thumbtack for a personal trainer.  San Diego has a population of 3,211,252.  Ok, so that's being a bit dramatic since San Diego is also rather large.  To be more realistic,  the community I live in has over 42,000 .  But I live near both the 5 and 56 which allow me quick access to each the North, the South and the East (I live as west as can be:) What are the odds that I would choose a trainer within a 10 minute drive. Not too bad. But, as ironic as I often find life can be, the personal trainer I have chosen is my neighbor.  He lives across the street! --

He says he can get me running the 5k in less then 30mins. My time for the course last year is 56:42. I believe him! I think I can cut my 5k run time this year at least in half.  (which would be less then 30) and a success for both he and I.

The nice thing about having a personal trainer is 1) they know what they are doing, and 2) they are there to hold you accountable.  Some people may worry about disappointing their trainer, not me, because the only one whose disappointment matters is mine.


So this is week 1, and I have 17 to go...

A 5k we will run...2015!