Glamorous!

BrookeReneshelle

Ok ladies, this has to be shared. This morning I woke up, a little late thinking " I need to go for my jog... but I don't want to get out of bed yet" but then I realized, the sooner I get up and get it done with, the sooner I can move on to something else today that's gonna help me "whip it!" So I get up, get dressed, braid my hair and get outside. It's FREEZING here, I live in central west Oregon, so we thankfully have no snow, but below freezing at a frigid 27 degrees. I put on "Evacuate the dance floor" and just flew. I felt like I was floating on my feet and jogged the whole first mile without stopping. I was so proud of myself as I was running, saying to myself, "just look at you go, Brooke. Look at how far you've gone!" Shortly after I realized how good it felt to stretch my lungs and breathe, and feel my heart pound as I was going... I felt a warm tear streak down my cheek. Yep ladies, I cried this morning because when I started doing this whole, "RUN EVERY DAY " thing... I couldn't even go for 100 feet without panting and stopping...and now I'm just go go going... as I got closer to home, I really wanted to give up and just chill... but I kept my eyes on my feet, not on the long road I had left to get to the house, and I notice, as I was looking towards the ground, the leaves looked like big lips, and the frost made everything look so beautiful and GLAMOROUS! I just kept my mind on that instead of how far I had left and before I knew it, I was at our mailbox. ... So long story... but just to know that the harder I pushed myself and how difficult it's been, and how many time's I've wanted to give up, the fact that I didn't and I can do as much as I can now, and the fact I still want to do it again, well it's just amazing. I'm just proud today!!!

stellcorb

Congratulations! It is a real accomplishment and be proud!

bethvandenberg

Nice work! an inspiration!!

harls

A beautiful story! Thank you for sharing, and keep on doing what you're doing

carrieann8080

That is awesome I love to run too and it means so much when you look back and remember how hard it was to start! Good for you and keep going!

alisons7598

That is awesome! What a great accomplishment!

cyndyleg

Good for you!! you should be proud of yourself!!

angellynn261

Awesome! Keep up the good work! Thank you for sharing. That is very inspirational, and you definitely deserve to be proud!

goodjobrunner

What a great story! Thanks for sharing it with us. It is truly inspiring.

RFish

How inspirational this story is! Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing!

spitfire1962

That's a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing how far you've come. What an accomplishment! You go girl!!!

helloiloveukitty

I love that song!

edorice

Congratulations on the run. I'm going ot have to add that to my Nano.
Glamorous by Fergie
Fergalicious by Fergie
Like a G6 by Far East Movement

are all great to run to.

prekteacher2

You need to be proud of yourself. Whoohooo on staying focused, Keep up the great work.

hewhoiscd

Very cool! Thanks for sharing

shrinkinggoddess

Oh Brooke, Thank you for pointing me towards this post. I am overwhelmed with emotion and have tears streaming down my face. I hear what you're saying and know it to be true from my own past experiences of long ago and even not-so-long ago. Thankfully, I *remember* that feeling of being able to cycle 40km almost effortlessly or swim 100 laps almost effortlessly or do 2 or even 3 back-to-back aerobic classes. That feeling is incredible on so many levels and I want it back. Thanks for the reminder. You've just given me something else to type up and stick on my bathroom mirror.