Katie Holmes and a 500lbs man

So what does Katie Holmes and a 500lb man have to do with a personal goal of mine?

Simple...

I had read an article late last year about a 500lb man who was on his way to a better health and he had stated that his goal was to walk 5 miles per day for the rest of his life. I thought to myself, geez.. I am a lot healthier than this guy and can totally do that after some working out. Sometimes it takes someone off worse than you rather than better than you to really push yourself to think.

Then in November Katie Holmes splashed over the news by her running the 26+ mile NYC Marathon. It sparked something inside of me and I thought .... shoot I could do that. Well, not run 26 miles, but push myself towards a similar goal as she did.

For months I discussed this with Jeff and after getting a thumbs up from my doctors for health I decided to do it. I figured I need to a goal to get me off the couch and working on my health. Although it may seem silly to most of you that I should have a goal instead of just making a choice to be healthy and work out... but in order to keep with my choice I feel the need to have a goal that I can't turn my back on to help push me and keep me in line. So unknown to everyone in my life, only my husband, until now.... I signed up for the Long Branch NJ Half-Marathon. I have a little less than 5 months to be able to WALK 13 miles. My goal is to speed walk it and Jeff thinks I can jog it. But I want to keep to a realistic goal and if I am able to go beyond it then great.

Dear Jaimie :
Congratulations, you're officially registered for the Long Branch Half Marathon (LBH-13.1) scheduled for Sunday, May 4, 2008.