Mother Effing Marathoner

Who have I become? or have I always been like this and I’m just waking up

What have I done to myself…. I might have gone too far

There’s nothing that sets me more on fire than people telling me I CAN’T do something…and if you do, you sit and watch me do it!

I developed a passion for baking, I became darn good at it, I was making good money baking from home and as it created issues with my family I decided to open a bakery (WTF was I thinking?). So I joined a small gift shop and opened a spot, it went great! it quickly became small and we decided to expand.  I talked about it with my hubby and like sent by God, this beautiful property became available downtown and we jumped to purchase it. Biggest mistake ever.

We opened a beautiful and unique full service bakery. I had an assistant and another baker. We lasted 10 months open, I got diagnosed with Lupus and Scleroderma that IMO surfaced because the huge amount of stress I was dealing with. Thank God we were able to sell it, we closed our doors on December23rd 2014.

The results? I’m 30lbs heavier, I’m 35 but feel like 40, I stopped exercising I became unhealthy, unhappy, moody, it almost cost me my marriage. Oh and yes! I owe 10K on my CC

I could sit and cry, let the depression and the stress of my debt take over me… it happens I’m just not that person, praise the lord.

How am I getting my life back? One step at a time.

On January 1st 2015 I set a goal, to walk a mile per every day of the year for a total of 365miles, is not an unrealistic goal. It’s a single mile every day! I needed to get back my life one day at a time.

I needed to get back to being a Mom

A wife

A daughter

A sister

A friend…. 

 I achieved far more than that, and I am just getting started!

Why do I focus so much on my fitness level? You’ll wonder, is not like running is going to get her family back or the time she missed with her kids back… well it actually helps more than you would imagine.

What is running for me? 

Running is my gas.

I figured, if I can do one thing to make things better every day, then I’m on track. Every mile I walk makes me happy, the more I do it, the happier I am. Have you hear the “If Mom is happy then everyone is happy? well that’s me.

I run so I can be a better Mom, a better wife… let’s face it, I’m not 21 and believe it or not, I know I’m close to my menopause (I have family history, My mom got it at 37, my grandma at 35…), I am a very moody person and running has helped tremendously with to manage it.

Ok, so 2015 was just wonderful… we had our great moments and the not so great ones, overall it was all good! we moved to Texas, we rented our home, we made some great changes health wise. I kept running, I got injured, then I ran again, I got injured again and I ran again…

This time I didn’t let an injury rule my running, I knew as soon as I could feel better I’ll run again, and I did.

This is what I accomplished in my fitness life in 2015

I ran a total of 495.1 miles

I walked 298.5 miles

I did 2 half marathons

I did my first 20 miler

I finished my first Marathon! yes! 26 point freaking 2 miles

and to top it all, I did my first Sprint Triathlon….

Fuck yeah I did.

This has been my best to date year, but I’m going for more in 2016.

I have realized as I get older that life actually gets better since you become wiser, you are capable of anything you set your mind for, and ass my kids will say: You just have to believe in yourself.