What would be even better would be if I continued to run between 5k training sessions each year, but that's trivial.
Or is it?
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about how I dishonor my body a lot, despite my best intentions. I have abused it through poor eating, not getting enough rest or exercise and just not being my best. In 1 Corinthians 6, Paul wrote:
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
How am I honoring my body by eating healthy and exercising and resting?
I have to admit that I've hit a bit of a wall in the last year. I was doing great post op, which coming off that surgery was no minuscule task. I had a 19 inch incision, I lost a ton of weight, I worked out like a mad woman and really focused on my health. Then, as the stress piled on, I lost it. I began to backslide and let poor, bad habits take hold. It's easier to hit the drive through than plan meals.
I was not treating my body as a temple.
Fast forward a year later. All the progress I made I lost, and then some.
I have 9-10 weeks to get up off the couch, onto the treadmill and start training. I have less than 3 months to get ready for this race.
I need to become deviant (in a good way) in order to be as successful as I like to be. It involves me eating healthy food that will fuel my (& my families) body; it involves me getting my butt on the treadmill 3 times a week (and off Pinterest) to run. It involves me "lifting weights" to build muscle. It involves me doing Pilates to develop core strength that was lost through 2 abdominal surgeries. It involves adding activity back into my life versus sitting on the couch.
It involves me treating my body like a temple.
Like Nike's slogan, I need to just do it.
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