Look who was waiting on me when I got home! Hello Jake!
Add to that my second tool for fun…
And I had my evening all planned out!
I am a stickler for directions (imagine that), so I was bummed when I read that Jake had to be charged for three hours or until fully charged. So I plugged him in and read up on my shoe censor. I had dinner, watched an episode of Criminal Minds – and then Jake said he was done! I was shocked. He had traveled from Anchorage, after all. But he said he was ready.
And off I went to calibrate the little guy. Stuck the little sensor in my shoe. I ran the 3/4 of a mile with no difficulty at all. I really could have kept going, but it isn’t my running day so I didn’t want to overdo it. So I just came back home – ready to do yoga – and know everything is ready for tomorrow’s run. Tomorrow you might even get some cool charts or something!
I did end up getting Jake engraved. I don’t know really how to explain. I’m really bummed I couldn’t find a youtube clip of the song, but anyway…I love Jon Foreman, the lead guy from Switchfoot. His solo stuff is absolutely amazing. Anyway, one of my favorite songs of his is “I’m Still Running.” But on my first nonstop run, it was the song that was playing as I finished the run. I almost cried when I was done. It was a shuffle coincidence of a playlist that had about 20 songs on it.
So not only does it mean something to me, but it reminds me that I am a runner. That I am still running. That I will be. And it might even guilt me into runs that I don’t want to take. It will remind me of where I started, before I realized where I was going.
I’m on my way.
And I’m running.
I just wanted to stop in and say hi. I read your blog all the time, and I really love it. I also feel like we have a lot in common. Like you, I: have recently become a runner; have a scary birthday coming up this fall; love Jesus; have a wonderful, supportive husband and hope to have kids one day; love Biggest Loser (what happened to Jillian’s radio show?!); take grainy pictures of myself in the full-length mirror at work with my iPhone; and probably some other stuff I’m forgetting right now. I think I started my weight loss a little earlier than you did, but stats are similar. I started at 230 in July ’08 and have been slowly but steadily chugging along. (I’m now at 163 and a size 12, which is fun.) Whenever you post pictures of yourself it reminds me of how my weight seemed to come off in chunks (which it really didn’t) and how thrilling it has been to be able to reach that next smaller size and remember what it was like to feel pretty and be proud of myself.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that it’s really fun to read about someone else going through the same journey I’ve been on for the last 15 months or so. Keep up the good work!
Awesome :)
That’s awesome! Love the engraving. My boss used the shoe censor when she trained for a marathon, she loved it!
HI
I also wanted to check in and say hi, I read your blog all the time and love reading of you, Fatbridesmaid and Token Fat Girl…. you girls rock!
Congratulations on your progress, you are looking amazing!
Also, thanks for the tip about that song, i just downloaded it, and it’s awesome! I love finding new music/artists like that. I was wondering, and I think you may have done it before, if you could write some more aobut your running music…. i’m at the end of week 1 couch to 5k… and need something more.
Oh, and the reason i’m back at the start of couch to 5k after trying a few times. Readingyour story of running for 20 minutes straight after struggling to do 60 second. Cause that’s where I’m at… but knowing it can work keeps me going.
Sorry for the ramble!
-Jac
That is so neat. I bet my next b’day is scarier. Still on Week 5 of C25K.
Awesome, and very inspiring.
Ohh such a pretty blue color! I love it!
brilliant engraving! i just ordered a new nano because my last one will only play with the volume at full blast now. you turn it down and the little line goes right back up to full blast. It is purple and and has e + r engraved because i am a nerd!