Unexpected Motivation

Today's Motivation Monday came from an unexpected source. I got a message from my best friend from middle school, saying, "I know this is random, but I have no one else to share my exercise journey with and I LOVE following your lynngetsfit IG. You're an inspiration! Keep it up -thumbs up-"

That was exactly what I needed today. It was a rough day. Lots of anger and frustration, which normally pushes me towards food. Instead, I went to the gym and did an hour on the treadmill on an incline. I caved on the way home and grabbed fast food because the idea of getting home at 8 and then spending 30 minutes waiting for my salmon to marinate and another 30 minutes for it to cook made me want to eat my hand. Of course, now I don't have lunch for tomorrow... maybe I should've thought that through :-/

Anyways, my friend and I were talking about our exercise journeys, and she admitted that her long-term goal is to do the Disney Princess Half. "A girl can dream, right?" I told her that one of *my* goals is to do a half marathon, and I'd love to do the Disney Princess one. We looked into it, and the 2016 race is already sold out, so we are planning on doing the 2017 race. I'm excited! Katie, Emily, and I had talked about it before, so I'm hoping to get a group together to go down and do the race together :D

After making this exciting plan, I got curious about how many miles I've done this year, wondering if I needed to replace my running shoes any time soon. According to my Fitbit, I've done 450+ miles in 2015. That's not including the three months that I wasn't wearing my Fitbit. Somehow, seeing that number makes me really proud. I mean, it seems pretty small in comparison to how many miles a high school cross country athlete would do. But that is the number of miles from Atlanta to Orlando. That's insane to me. Here's a little breakdown by month from May to now.

May: 33.5 miles (only 12 of 31 ones wearing Fitbit)
June: 94.17 miles
July: 129.33 miles
August: 97.66 miles (only 24 of 31 days so far)

I just can't get over it. I've walked/ran 300 miles in the last 3 months. What? That's enough to inspire me to push harder. I need to get back to running, not just walking, when I'm on the treadmill. I really just want it to be cold again so that I can run outside. There is no better feeling that running on the asphalt on a chilly winter evening!