Potato chips.
A glass of scotch with a cigar.
Popcorn with a ton of butter.
Spicy Caesars.
Nachos with cheese.
Donuts.
Peanut butter cookies.
....and beer.
(there's plenty of other things too, but for the sake of this post, just roll with me on these.)
There's also things that I dislike, things like:
Having to take a knee to tie my shoe laces.
Grey hair.
Living in a family with a history of heart disease, high blood pressure, and cancer.
That some days I look older than I feel, yet other days, I feel older than I look.
That on the verge of 45, I don't come anywhere close to resembling that picture of Jon Bon Jovi, at 50, wrapped in a sheet, that's making rounds on the internet and has all the women drooling.
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| DAMN YOU! Jon Bon Jovi |
And also that all of the things on the top list, contribute to all of the things on the bottom list. Yet, I'm not really prepared to give up all of those top list things to be healthy. I try find a happy balance somewhere between the two. Because as much as I want to reverse the things on the bottom list, I want to enjoy myself and life as much as I can. And the top list things, tend to make me happy.
But there's still Jon Bon Jovi.........
........so I try to stretch and run a bit, and be somewhat healthy. That's what led me to form a bloggy partnership with Kianwi, to do our virtual 5K.
WAIT! THAT'S STILL HAPPENING? YES DAMMIT! YES IT IS!
In the beginning of December, Kianwi an I announced our KK5K marathon. The virtual marathon that everyone could participate in, no matter what corner of the globe that you call home, in whatever way you can manage to complete the distance. All together, sometime on March 2nd. That gave us 3 full months to train and mold our bodies into phenomenal machines and rock this bitch!
And then, over the last two months, I've only managed to go to the track about 6 times. Tops. At this point, I'm still leaning more toward marshmallow, than I am machine. But I still have February to prepare, and my plan is still to run the entire 5K. I think I'm improving, even with my meager efforts. When I run now, thoughts of trying to find a guy's version of a sports bra to keep my man-boobs from bouncing about, only cross my mind occasionally. I've also noticed that my back fat doesn't jar up and down with near the ferocity it did, when I do the stairs at the arena, as it did when I started. And as hard as I try to not have my feet make that embarrassing flapping sound on the concrete track, with every footfall, I've discovered that when I turn up my music, I can make that go away. So there is that.
So whether you can barely move, or are highly motivated, the KK5K is the place for you. It's for everyone really. You can run, walk, bike, push a stroller, or do whatever it takes to cover the 5K. We'd love to have you along.
If you haven't heard of this before, or need to get a bit of a refresher, to get up to speed, there's tabs on the top of Kianwi's and my pages that will take you to everything that you need to know about our marathon. Also, if you follow THIS LINK, you'll get to her companion post updating her journey to the 5K. (plus she talks a bit about boobs, so that's kind of cool too!)
If you would like to join in, let either of us know in a comment, and well add you to our pages.