This being my first post, I feel I should explain myself. In just over a month, on October 14th, I will run a half marathon. For the first time. No big deal right? Wrong. I have extremist tendencies, and if I had told somebody last month when I was at a 3 day music festival of debauchery, that I was a (half) marathon runner, they would have laughed. They would have laughed hard.
Oh I work out. I'm even quite often that annoying person on Facebook who updates her status letting you all know when I'm on my way to the gym. Or hot yoga. Or eating a salad. Seriously. Not only do I sometimes work out and eat healthily, but I read fitness magazines too - they're depressing and inspiring at the same time, its WEIRD.
I also smoke about 2/3 of a pack of Belmonts a day. I go out for beers with friends probably 3 nights a week. My hangovers last 2 days. My night job is serving & bartending at a pub with a million delicious beers on tap. Before I started working there I hated beer - now I can't get enough. It's delightful. I'm not going to get into my lust for whiskey - anyone who knows me knows Im from Montreal, and thats all there is to say about that.
This is me now. In 34 days, I will be a (half) marathon runner. I will not drink, I will try my best not to smoke, I will drink shakes and "eat clean", and I will TRAIN MY ASS OFF. Follow me on my journey and I promise to make you laugh, and show you pictures of my abs.
Not only am I doing this to challenge myself, but my best friend Zoran and I are also running to raise money for The Renascent Foundation. If you would like to make a donation to our team, please click here.
Hey Amanda, I admire your courage and ambition for doing this challenge, and by doing publicly you hold your self accountable and hopefully that makes it somehow easier. I want to say again that I smoked for the better part of 20 years and tried quitting various times and always it was a chore, scary, and hard. Once I read the book "The Easy Way To quit Smoking" however, quitting became a joy, actually I couldn't wait to get to the end of the book and be done with it. its been 2 years now and I have barely thought of smoking or me doing it since. Spare yourself some agony and cram down a copy like so much homework and you'll be able to focus better on your running and not worry about the smoking part!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog Fong! I can't wait to read more and of course.... see more abs:)
ReplyDeleteI don't have any doubt that you can do it...and here's a tip: don't make quitting smoking as some big thing. As for beer, it's really just good for your hair to give it body.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Mama