I don't know why we didn't think of this before!!!!! Johanna and I decided we're going to keep each other in check. We live far apart and we don't work together anymore but we decided we're going to call each other before work to make sure the other is headed to the gym and/or going for a run. We worked together for 3 years and yet somehow we didn't manage to come up with this idea. She gets up to hit the gym before work at 6:30. While that's hours before I actually need to get up for work, it'll be good to get some leverage out of my mornings. I prefer to get things done early and when I get to work I'm alert and ready to face the day.
She has two jobs so when she gets her second job schedule we're going to set up a schedule of who calls who on which mornings and what days we will go. Weekends we're on our own. And it has to be a phone call to check in not a text message b/c texts are easier to ignore and fall back asleep. We've vowed to do a 5k together in April and we have our sights set on a 10k in June and our thoughts are looking toward a half marathon in October! We can totally do this.
What's good about this is that I'm accountable to someone without having to work at her pace. I don't have to worry about going to the gym for the same length of time or working on a machine next to her. We just have to make sure we go and do what we need to do. That's so much better to me. I'm sure since she's lighter she's going to be a lot faster than me so when we do the races themselves she'll probably take off ahead of me but again...I'm built for comfort. Not speed. I'm okay with this. I just want to finish it. I just want to accomplish it. I want my confidence back!
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