Age-31. Two children - Kelly 4; Colin 22 months. I started my own MTC journey in the summer of 1996 after the birth of my son (that was 35 pounds ago). I went on long walks with the kids in their double stroller. In the fall I headed back to the gym and started running on the treadmill. I finally read MTC in January, 1997, and have been getting in the zone ever since. I logged over 1,000 miles in 1997, and my goal is to run/walk 1,200 miles in 1998. I'm training for my first marathon to be run on October 11, 1998 - The Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon.
I found this from a webpage made a long time ago, when I met a bunch of really neat ladies on a Oprah message board. We all followed Oprah's book Make the Connection. We lost weight and we ran marathons! We even went to a taping of Oprah's show in 1998. And the following year she came to Milwaukee and we ran a 5K with her. People from our group, including me, were invited to join her team. I need to find the pic from that. Unreal. I don't think I ever felt so good in life as I did back then. Well I think I'm waking up from this depressed mode I've been in for a LONG time and I need to find that person again.
I'm 40 now -- my kids are growing up very quickly. I've never been in worse shape physically and mentally. It is time to get the real ME back. I've printed out that old page and have it hanging by my computer as a reminder. I still have that black dress and would love to zip it up again. ok enough talk -- time to do it! Starting by reading Make the Connection tomorrow.
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