Because I Need Accountability

I wasn't going to tell anybody. At. All.

That way, if it turned out to be a bad decision (which I highly suspected it would!) I could back out gracefully and nobody would know the difference.

Except for the ten people living in our home. And my oldest daughter Amanda. I told her during a weak moment when I needed compassion (and maybe a little sympathy).

But then I received an email from my cousin wishing me luck with training for the 5K, telling me how brave I am. She said she had seen Stephanie's Facebook post.

I pulled up her Facebook page and saw her status:

Guess what? My mom is now training for the 5K! Yes ladies and gentlemen, I got my 48 y-o mom to run! Woohoo! 

(Several of her friends commented, including Amanda who said, "Please don't kill Mom....")

Image courtesy of Sura Nualpradid

Great; accountability. Just what I was hoping to avoid. Training for a 5K race is hard and I'm not at all sure I can do it. In fact, I'm pretty sure I cannot.

Corrie reminded me that I had accomplished something else that in her mind is really hard. I successfully completed a 60 day juice fast last summer. "Mom, if you can do that, you can surely do this!"

During these last 7 months since ending the juice fast, I've come to realize that a key factor in my success was...accountability. I had announced here on my blog what I was up to (and even invited others to join me). I kept an online journal which I posted weekly. Readers tuned in each Friday for an update and to cheer me on (you can read the first post here: Adventures of the Secret Society: Week 1. This post, along with the other 9 updates and results are now part of my eBook about my journey titled, Tugboat: My Voyage Out of Obesity.)

So...

I'm here to make an "official announcement" that I have begun training alongside several of my children and two other friends for a 5K race that is scheduled for April 20. We are using a running plan called From Couch to 5K in 9 weeks. We will be jogging/walking 3 days a week and doing T-Tapps the days in between, and taking Sundays off. P.S. I'm already really looking forward to next Sunday!

I plan to post updates here on my blog, beginning later this week.

I'm trying to believe that I can do this.

I am confident that the accountability will keep me motivated.

And I'm really hoping that Stephanie doesn't indeed "kill Mom".

Follow my Couch to 5K journey:

Because I Need the Accountability

Couch to 5K: Oh My!

Couch to 5K: Week 2 (Inclement Weather)

Couch to 5K: Week 3 Do Over

Couch to 5K: Calling it Week 3

Couch to 5K Wk 4: Look Up!

Couch to 5K Wk 5: For the FUN of it!

Couch to 5K Wk 6: Mind Over Matter

Couch to 5K Wk 7: Doing Hard Things (Without Being Hard on Myself)

Couch to 5K Wk 8: Finding My Groove

Couch to 5K: The Final Week of Training

We Ran Our Very First 5K!

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