Have you every thought to yourself…

Someday I would love to, or someday I might try or someday..someday..someday.

Well that used to be my mindset, I would always think someday I might try to run instead of walking a race.  Someday I might want to do a Ragnar but I am not ready and in your mind you kinda of think you might never be ready.

It also can be as small as someday I am going to try and eat healthier, I am going to drink more water or I am going to drink less wine.  Maybe we want to challenge ourselves with going back to school or even better, taking a Zumba class.

We all know that over half of the challenges that we face everyday, trying to be healthy or better ourselves is mental, yep that is what I said it in our minds that we cannot do it.  We put limitations on ourselves, we doubt our abilities, we set ourself up to fail because that someday is just not today.

So I am going to start posting on Wednesdays a “Why Not Wednesday”, and it will be one thing that for the next week I say to myself Why Not Today.  So, what do you think, maybe you want to join in or are you thinking …. Maybe someday!

I have to give credit where credit is due to the person that first called me out on my Someday Theory and that is Rik Akey or as we so lovingly call him Coach Rik!!  I first found out about Rik through the movie From Fat To Finish Line.  He was Runner #6 in the Documentary about 12 Runners who had lost an average of 100 pounds to meet as strangers and run the Florida Keys Ragnar in 2013.

When I met Rik for the first time in talking to him I believe my words to him were … some day I want to run a Ragnar.  So in the next 10 minutes he came back to me and asked me to join the Running Down a Dream Team, Ragnar Del Sol 2017, I thought I can’t … but Rik came back with why not now.  Please understand I thought the maybe was going to be in 2018/2019 not saying yes now.  But as we all know this girl said yes.

Then no kidding the next day I am doing a 2 mile shake off run with Rik and a group of other runners from the movie and fellow fans.  We were at mile 2 and I made the comment that this was the furthest I had ever run without stopping.  Rik asked me if I had ever wanted to run a 5K without stopping and I said.. yes someday.  To me this someday was maybe 3 months out because I honestly had not faith in myself at least not as much as Rik did.  Rik said very matter of factly … why not now, and to be honest I could not come up with a good answer.  So next thing I know I am running my first 5K without stopping.

This is why we need Why Not Wednesday, because we need to know that we are more powerful than we give ourself credit for.  That there are those out there that believe in us even when we are overwhelmed with doubts that we have in ourselves.

So what is my Why Not Wednesday for this week… I was going to say doing a Triathlon but I actually have already signed up for a few and my first one is this weekend.  AHHHHHH!

What I have been thinking about and have kept saying to myself is that I would do “Someday” was to take the NASM Personal Training Course.  I know that I could do it but that voice inside me is so loud, who would train with you?

But as I sat here typing this blog a friend of mine posted that she had signed up for the NASM course.  I messaged her saying YEAH! and that I was thinking about doing this “Someday”.  Well Bergen came back and said “Oh my gosh Do It!” Her timing was amazing.  So … Why Not this Wednesday?  I am honestly going to look into getting signed up.  I guess you will all have to wait until next Wednesday to find out if I went through with it!

So lets all get out and find something that you want to Why Not? and let me know, drop me a post or comment and tell me what your Why Not Wednesday was!

So as always I will see you all at at the finish line!