lofty goals??

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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 1:48am
I was just wondering if anyone has any fitness goals that seemed really impossible when you were first starting (or maybe it hadn't crossed your mind at first) but now seem more attainable and achievable. I mean like running a marathon or something.

I live in Western Washington State and I was driving to my sister's house the other day and saw Mt Rainier in all its glory and do you know what I thought?? I thought, "I should climb that" !!!!

What?? I have NEVER had any desire to climb a mountain...but for some reason, I do now. maybe because I feel like I could do anything right now?? I don't know. But it really seems like something I could do one day in the not so distant future. In fact, I am looking in to what I need to do to train for a climb like that...and there's a 50 mile hike I'd like to do around the base of another local mountain. One day, one day...lol

I just feel really empowered lately and climbing a 14,000+ foot peak seems not so impossible...lol. I thnk I'm going mad...rofl.

It's just strange to me that I thought that and didn't say, "you're crazy. You can't do that"...I guess my self-confidence is back! :o) woo hoo!

So anyone else have these kinds of thoughts or aspirations??

Sarah

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Registered: 06-27-2003
In reply to: suamomi
Mon, 05-03-2004 - 8:17am
Absolutely.

I still have my surf board. I WILL get out there again and up on it. Probally not this summer, but look out Summer 2005!!!

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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 9:46am
Hehe

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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 11:44am
Hi Sarah,

I'd probably start with a hike around Mt. St. Helens, though!

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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 2:36pm
I actually have been checking out a hike around Mt. Adams...which is close to St. Helens. I haven't been to St. Helens since I was a kid (jr high) and we hiked down to Spirit Lake and took a swim. It was a trip! You could walk out 3 feet and be up to your neck in the water (I was around 5'3"-5'4" then)...and the bottom is all ash. It was kind of creepy though and when we started talking about how Harry Truman wouldn't leave and was buried in the ashes I had to get out of the water because I just kept having visions of him reaching up and grabbing my ankle! rofl.

There are so many mountains here to choose from...Rainier is the tallest and the one I can see on a regular basis...lol. So I probably won't start with that climb but I will do it one day!! :o)

Sarah

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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 2:40pm
oooh! Surfing! I think one day I might try that...lol. It looks so relaxing and invigorating all at once!!

Sarah

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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 2:47pm
yeah...I thought maybe I could become a runner (remember that couch to 5k thing I posted way back???)...but since then I've decided that I've never liked running, even when I was at a healthy weight so there's not really a point in forcing myself to do something. And besides, my knees took a lot of abuse when I was younger and not to mention my gigantic boobs have yet to find a sports bra that can control them...rofl. Okay, they're not *that* gigantic but they're big enough that I would have to run with my arms crossed under them to control the bounce...lol.

okay, TMI...sorry...lol.

But you never know Shawna...one day we both might change our mind about running!! ;o)

Sarah

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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 2:51pm
I was just this week thinking again about running, then we hit 101 temps, and the thought quickly died a quick death. I don't want to walk in this darn heat,let alone run in it.
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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 2:54pm
I have every intention of skydiving next year. When I've mentioned it to Rob in the past he thought I was a loon, but there are lots of people who don't see the point in jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

There's another reason too- I'm terribly afraid of heights. Petrified doesn't begin to cover it. I want to force myself to face that. For my friend Pam's 18th bday her mom and I split the cost for her to parachute and she LOVED it.

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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 3:04pm
I'm not sure I could jump out of a plane...I think I'd love it once I was free-falling but actually taking that step out of the plane...I don't know! lol. I think it's a great way to overcome your fear of heights though!

I have a fear of public speaking...I can do it but I get all red and freak out right before hand. But it took me a long time to get to the point where I could even *think* about doing it. Then I agreed to do a speech in front of the whole school...and then I agreed to be one of the main roles in a church play (in a church I wasn't even a member of...I just went there with one of my friends and it was like a second church...lol)...and then I did another play there...and now I still freak out at the thought of it but I know I can do it. And it was all because I just decided that I *had* to.

So I say GO FOR IT!! That's a great goal to have!

Sarah

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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 3:19pm
I've always wanted to run - and there's no reason I couldn't do it in a cardiovascular sense, but I get shin pain every time I run longer than 5 minutes (and this is run 30 seconds, rest for 30 pattern) plus my knees, they don't hurt, but don't feel as "solid" as I think they should.

I'm going to climb the CN tower someday too. All 1700+ steps. There was a big stair climb on April 24th and I brashly thought I could do that without training because the average person climbs the stairs in less than 20 minutes. My thought process was, "I can do a 90 minute step class without stopping, surely I can climb those steps!"

Well, I couldn't find anyone to go with me (found out one of my friends was doing it later) so I didn't sign up, but I tried the stepmill (like running up a down moving escalator), I couldn't stand it for more than 5-6 minutes (29 stories).

The worst thing is that people look at me and seem very disappointed that I can't do these things because I look so fit.

I will conquer that CN tower someday. Adding a minute every week to the stair climbing machine routine.

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