Re: Re: Post-Marathon blues?

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Corinna

o.k. - at our gym (I go to a crossfit 'box') - everyone is called an athlete ..

now given everything about me (out of shape, overweight & much older than the

rest of the 20 somethings that go there, yadda yadda yadda) - I told the trainer

that I just have  a hard time with that word as I think it applies to everyone

BUT me and his quote back was " it can be hard to imagine ourselves in the same

class of some of the other athletes in the gym.  But the

bottom line is, we are all there doing the same movements and we are all in

there giving it our all, in workouts that make other 'Globo gym'

routines look silly...so there is much more in common there than not.

 That's why you are an athlete! " ... so I can take that same philosophy and

apply it to you and your amazing feat of a marathon!!

you may not feel that you are both an elite athlete & marathoner right now but

all of us who look at you and know you completed it (it doesn't matter about the

time or the form or any of that!) are in AWE of you and see you as both an

athlete & marathoner because we can't even imagine attempting that feat! 

I think some of the other feelings might go away when the 'pain' from the event

dulls a little over time (or when those toe nails fall off!!) -- it will be

easier to look at it from a bit of a distance and actually see that you did darn

good girl!!

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To: insideoutweightloss

Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 6:46 AM

Subject: Re: Post-Marathon blues?

 

Colleen - Wow! Thank you. I didn't have the pride thing shunned, but

there were other things.. I do know that I have some issues from my

childhood, but over the years, " the committee " have been hushed.. Thank

GOD! I had a slew of negative comments that influential people in my life

said to me that would pop up on a continuous loop tape in my brain much of

the time. It took work, but I got them to bugger off. It took a

therapist to tell me it didn't have to be there.. I just thought it was

normal.

I don't share too much when I'm really happy, so there may be something to

the idea of boasting.. Ha! A memory! YES! I was indeed told that WOMEN

should not boast.

I'm funny that way... I deny when people suggest things to me (I used to

be convinced I'm not an emotional eater.. BAHAHAHA!) but then the idea

sinks in and I process it... At least this didn't take me years.

My lack of pride over the marathon also has to do with how I didn't do

well with it... I am incredibly proud that I finished.. A marathon is

42.2K (not 300 miles!) and my IT Band decided to not work with me anymore

at around 15K.. We had a 5K hill but it was on a slanted highway, so the

camber killed me... anyway, if I were to judge myself as a runner from

that day, I wouldn't be impressed.. I am, however, impressed with my

tenacity and refusal to give up.. I was pulled off the course but found

someone to tape my knee and went back.

Eldred- Thanks! I know most people don't even like driving 42.2K. Hehehe

- thanks.

I'm in a better place today.. At least for today.. I wish my toenails

would just fall off so I can get on with life. Blech.

Corinna

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To Corinna and the other athletes out there.

Well done! You are out there when you could be doing nothing. I am part of

an athletics club and our oldest (and one of our best) athletes is 70! It

just goes to show that NOTHING is a barrier to fitness. My coach keeps

saying, have a go at any race, you will post a personal best and then you

have the opportunity to beat your personal best every time you compete in

the event! Who knew? Be grateful for your strength and endurance. Enjoy what

your body can do. It certainly seems like it can do some pretty amazing

things! Be proud and confident.

I am new to IOWL, but have found many of the messages are applicable to more

areas of my life than my weight. Indeed it is more applicable to life than

food! Just think about the re-do. You can re-do anything, including how your

reacted to certain things in your day, how you spoke to someone you love,

how you could have shared some positive things with others and tomorrow, you

do the re-do for real and every day you have a small win! Now that is truly

something to be grateful for. Every day things get better!! I reckon I have

beat the " blues " doing this, even if I am yet to release all of my weight

and have some times that I need to self - correct for. I have learned to

accept myself, and those I need to forgive and I feel better than I have in

a couple of years.

has turned many lives around and now I can be counted as one of them.

Thanks to and IOWL

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