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Saturday, June 7, 2008

Raw still surprises me

In the last few days my thinking about Raw Eating has made a quantum leap however it snuck up on me very quickly. As you have been reading, I have been swimming and loving it. I have set a goal that by the end of the summer I will be swimming 3 miles per day thats 108 laps or 216 lengths! Well, Yesterday I shaved 2 minutes off the 1 mile time and I know that it is due to my Delicious Raw eating. So, after being quite pleased with showing more hussle and feeling pleased with it, I went on my way to work to drive a field trip of 5th grades to the park (where btw I had to watch them eat hot dogs, chips and cookies provided by school! *faint*) however their day was cut short but a severe thunder and lightning storm and I returned them to school and was left with 2 hours to myself before my next driving run.. What to do??
I drove over and grabbed a fresh juice from my local juice bar and I magically felt myself drawn back to the pool. Could I actually do another mile? I mean just up and do my whole mile again ? DOUBLE what I do everyday? I was daunted for a few minutes. Played the mental battle. Drank my Carrot,orange, banana juice and said ok I am going for it. Even if I do 1/2 I will be thrilled. I showed up and the girl behind the desk there looked at me like "what are you doing back here? She even asked me if I forgot something. hehe I said no.. I'm going to try another mile. She smiled and gave me that kinda "what? are you freaking crazy" looks hehe
I went through my same prep routine, walked out onto the pool deck and took a deep breath. Ahhh 2 Lanes open. I got in and stretched, looked down to the end of the lane, looked back at the clock and started. Did the 1/2 mile felt good, started smiling.. kept going.. looked at the clock.. I was dead on with the morning's run..Yes I can do this! OMG yes I did it!! I swam a second mile. I made my last length at all out speed and felt the flood of energy wash over me.. Oh yeah it was good. The rest of my day I spent walking on air hehe

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a great story! Congratulations and thanks for sharing and encouraging all of us who are not there yet.

Raw Blessings!
:) Connie

Tuliza said...

Wow! You have encouraged me to swim.
Awesome Job!!!
Your page is so beautiful!