couch to 5k

i have been here before at this same spot only fewer children. i am embarking on a series of baby steps to get me to an ironman completion by the time I turn forty. well really i will be forty and a few months as Coeur d'Alene is two months after my birthday. so i guess my blog should read fat to ironman in 22 months but really if i am not ready in 20 i don't think an extra two will make much of a difference. i have struggled with my weight most of my life, there are no excuses really, i grew up in a stable home with well balanced meals and good role models. i don't have medical issues that cause me to be overweight, for all i know my thyroid is working as it should, i do though have one issue that has caused me to be in the place i am in now. i make bad choices when it comes to food, i really enjoy food and i eat too much and at the wrong times. four years ago i embarked on running the ten miler which was part of the Twin Cities marathon weekend. as a result i lost over eighty pounds, finished the race and was in the best shape since probably my freshman year of high school. after that race i really set my sights on running a marathon and ultimately an ironman. why didn't it happen? i let work, life, bad decisions ect.. get in the way and spiraled back to where i was pre-ten miler. so here i am, out of shape, unable to run three miles and determined to change my life for good. i have all of the right motivation, i don't want to die at 50, i have three amazing children i want to be able to keep up with, i know that at some point or level my weight will hinder my advancement with the company i love and ultimately i have a hunger in my soul to cross the finish line even if at 16 and a half hours of one of the toughest races out there.
so here i am determined and at day one of my journey through baby steps to get to my ironman completion and a healthier me. couch to 5k training starts today with the culmination being The Worlds Largest Corn Maze 5k on October 16th.