Yep, it is almost that time again. The Montana Women's Run is scheduled for May 9th and I have been practicing. Last year, I averaged a mile in 16.03 so that is my goal to beat. My time last year was 1:21:47 so even if I shave one second off that, I will feel like I accomplished it.
I am up to three miles a day now which takes me around 50 minutes. That averages out to about 17 minute miles. This is better than I did last year when I was only doing two twenty minute miles. So I feel that I will do better than last year with no problem at all.
I thought of different ways of motivation. First of all, I started out watching some DVD's that I had of old television shows. I went through one season of the Monkees, then moved on to two seasons of Twin Peaks. This was great motivation because that show is one of my all time favorites and to re watch it was a joy. Then I moved on to season one of Millennium. No one remembers this show but it has become a cult classic. However, it is really difficult to get motivated while watching a show about killers and profilers. I found that sometimes I couldn't even finish walking because I just wanted to move on to something else. Don't get me wrong, the show is awesome just not very much of a motivation. So I moved on to music. This seems to be the best motivation of all. I started out watching every concert video I have. At least five times over. Now I have moved on to my ipod only without watching anything and this seems to be the best. Right now, I am listening to Hot Chip, Muse, Daft Punk, Booka Shade, Franz Ferdinand and dance remixes from anyone, including Ditto and Mika. This seems to work best. I get lost in the music and before you know it, I have gone three miles and I'm not even tired! I seem to walk to the beat so dance music works the best.
Another plus, I have lost around 15 pounds since the beginning of the year!
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