My Fitness life goals!

    

So recently I've been running more and more 5K's, plus mud runs, and it's been so much fun. The training has taught me so much throughout this year; it has really shown me just how lazy and out of shape I am.
Back in March, I found this mud run, so naturally, I signed up for it. I started training three days later, just my regular routine: wake up, run, repeat. I didn't realize going into a mud run just how you were supposed to train until I tested my strength with a boot camp class.
Leading up to race day it was really exciting for me because it was something I had never done before, (I had done two mud runs before, but I mean never have I done a tough mudder mud run). When we got to the race I started to get this feeling in my stomach. I was super nervous about it because as we pulled up and got checked in I started to realize that this was way different from the past two that I had done. Looking around I realized that watching people sprinting past us I got this feeling in my stomach again. A little bit later as we lined for our wave the feeling returned, but it wasn't nerves anymore; it was something way different.
I got in my zone as they had announced that we had to sprint. At first, I groaned in my head but then as it got closer and closer to our start time this feeling returned yet again, but it wasn't nerves anymore, it was the feeling to achieve!
Sprinting past all those people I felt like I was meant to be there, running with all those people. My fitness life goals are simple but challenging and to achieve my goals I realized that I have to work twice as hard because let's be honest, nothing is EVER easy and I think if it was, then people wouldn't understand the meaning of the struggles along the way.

Whenever I'm stressed about something I grab my running shoes, put in some headphones and just feel my troubles leave me with each footfall. I can literally feel my stress melt away leaving me to feel relieved and at pace.

I guess it all started in 2012 when my Mom mentioned this 5K that she wanted to with my sisters and I. During the training I thought that it was the hardest thing in the world to do. I was only 14 at the time and I had clue how to train and what I should fuel my body after each run. I thought, "There is no way I can do this", but we got through the training and we made it to race day. My first thought was "How are we going to do this? Look at all these people who are made for this". At the time I was NOT very active so I never would have mentioned a 5K let alone run one with my four sisters and Mother. As we ran I started to notice things that I never would have before: I was enjoying myself as I ran and it was nice to encourage one another along the way. We crossed the finish line together feeling tired but accomplished by our goal!        

Fast forward to the present and I am 21 years old and am trying to train for another one at the end of September! All in all, I have done about fifteen 5K's and I couldn't be happier! But getting back to my fitness goals, the other day my sister and I were talking about 5K's and how I've wanted to run a Spartan for about three years but I've never found one in our area, (I skipped out the fact that I had said just minutes before I was NOT ready for one). Until I was looking something up and we had just ended our conversation on 5K's I noticed this ad for a spartan sprint. My first thought was "how funny, we were just talking about this!" when I happened to see that it was a 5K. My mouth dropped opened as I opened the link to the website; I got chill bumps all over as I scrolled through reading, my mind telling me "this popped up for a reason, you should do it". After some research, I was excited that I actually might be able to do it!

It's proven that if we TRY we will SUCCEED

In this case, I really want to show the world! Recently someone had messaged me on Instagram and said that I had a positive feed and that they really like the atmosphere that each of my posts gave off.  I replied and said I really love to encourage other people to go for their goals. This started the conversation about coaching than on from there she asked me just what were my fitness goals, and I had said that my goal was to run a 10K by the end of the year and to accomplish a few other things. 

I'm still trying to decide if that's something I'm meant for. It seems like my heart is telling me to go for it, but another part of me is telling me to wait. I'm still not sure what to do! I've been thinking really hard about it and trying to put myself in that position to try. I think in my case I'm almost too afraid to try because in my head I've already failed and it's the worst feeling. But I feel like I was MADE for this I'm not sure how I know but I can just feel it deep down, calling me, telling me
"get off your lazy butt and try". But I feel like there is this wall in front of me, keeping me from reaching my goals and I can't seem to just hop OVER it and that is what's stopping me from trying. But I also know that if I don't try to scale this wall in front of me then there is no way I can move forward and reach out for my goals in life. I want so bad to reach for them but being held back is a really big struggle deep down.

  

And it's true. 

But for right now I'm going to get off my lazy butt, scale the wall that's been put in front of me and cross that finish line towards my goals. If I want it to happen you bet your bottom dollar I'm going to make it happen.    

Thank you guys so much for taking the time to read my blog I want to give a shout out to my friend Jessi Glovers for lighting the fire under me to try! She has been really encouraging to me and I feel like that is what I need right now: the encouragement! I hope you will stick around for my next blog post. Remember to stay focused and reach for your goals!