Background: Every October and March, BYU Student Wellness does an event they call the Lazyman Ironman where you do everything in a month that you would do for an ironman race (112 miles cycling, 26.2 miles running, and 2.4 miles swimming). You go to their office, pay your $15 at the beginning of the month and they give you a tracking card to fill out as you do your activities throughout the month. Then you come back at the end of the month, turn in your card and they give you a very cool t-shirt.
I first heard about it last March and thought it sounded fun, but I wasn't sure it was possible right then. So every month since then I've kept track on my calendar how much I was exercising, and slowly but surely I've gotten closer to the goal. I also took two rounds of swimming lessons, since I really didn't know how to swim before. And I bought a Rec Center membership so that I could exercise consistently (they have a childcare center where I can take Noel for only $2/hour) Really it has been awesome to see the progress I've made.
So in October I signed up and really thought I would make it, but, alas, my kids all got lice and that pretty much took me out of commission for several weeks. Blah!!!! So I could never recover.
But I kept trying and this month I did it. I had to exercise for about an hour a day 6 days a week and sometimes, 2 times a day, but it was totally worth it. And at the end, I finished and I got a t-shirt, which was my real guiding purpose the whole time. I love t-shirts!! And I made John take me out to lunch at Olive Garden, one of my favorite restaurants. And now I need some new exercising goals but I'll have to think about that later, and I need to sleep for about a month.
