300 kilometers + !!! Off the Couch...Day 17

Hello to all of you,


I reached my hotel in Berlin very late at night due to the strike of Lufthansa, the airports show a pure chaos and waiting is not very pleasant. especially not in the heat of 34 degrees Celsius.


Because Berlin is not very inviting for an outdoor-run at night I went to the gym to get my last 5 kilometers in to reach my personal goal of more than 300 kilometres before the Shredder+ -challenge will end tomorrow.


Of course, I will enter the next challenge, :-), I will sign in tomorrow.


With all HIIT, running and Turbulance Training I was so focused on my own plan that I didn't realise that I finished already another challenge: 30 days of consecutive blogging.

All these achievements were only possible with daily blogging and accountability and with all of you who cheered me on over and over again. It is so much fun with all of you and I am proud to be here with you. Thank you so much, I really do appreciate all your comments a lot.

A day to be very happy, and I am.

I come a very long way and I can feel that I am almost back, my next goal is to focus more on my nutrition, something which I experienced to be extremely important.


But for today and tomorrow I will celebrate a bit: With an ice-cream and a massage (thank you for this fantastic tip, Debbie)...

I will be back tomorrow,
run hard

Juli

Off the Couch...Day 16

Lufthansa is on strike and I am hanging here around on an airport and hope to return to Hamburg tonight.
I ran today 20 km, my legs are tired...the rest of myself too.

Still 8 km to go...

More tomorrow,
i will back tomorrow,

Juli

Off The Couch...Day 15

A long day is over, I managed to run at night, got my strength-training in and am not very happy with my viual accountabilty. I MUST change this as soon as possible and will make a plan...

For today my accountability-percentage is 85 %, i will improve it...

I logged into the NIKE+-challenge 272 kilometers, still 28 kilometers (= 17 miles), two days are left...so better I go to bed now to be rested for tomorrow,

I will be back tomorrow and

run hard,

Juli

Off The Couch...day 14

A hectic, freaking hot day. 34 degrees (Celsius) in Hamburg, I felt like a sausage on a barbecue set and managed only to run twice HIIT. My work day was meetings back to back.

Tomorrow I will get up early to get a run in before the sun sets and burns the asphalt, cooks the air.

Am so tired, I will fall into my bed now, it was a 70 % day, tomorrow I will do better.

I will be back tomorrow, run hard,
Juli

P.S..: In the NIKE+-Shredder-Challenge I logged 255 kilometers, still 45 kilometers to go

Off the Couch...Day 13

Hello to all of you,


It is very late here already and I need to get up very early tomorrow.

Sorry for not visiting all blogs tonight, will do so tomorrow,
but I want to say thank you for your very supportive emails and comments. I just love them, :-).

My eating-habits were bad today (twice ice-cream) and it was far too hot to do my strength-training/weight-training, According to my plan and accountability I managed 80 % today, I will do better tomorrow.

There are still 54 km (33 miles) to run NIKE-+ FAT to PHAT IV-Challenge...

I will be back tomorrow,

Juli

Off The Couch..Day 12, Riding on a wave...

Hello to all of you,

it was such a long day and we were invited tonight, a very nice evening but now I am just tired.

Since Adam Waters mentioned me in his blog http://rtpblog2.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/day-624-juli-is-running-wild/ I have the feeling "to ride a mega-wave". People compliment me for my energy, drive, attitude, looks.

It is really true, success breeds success, positive things have a positive effect, positive feedback is a highly motivating factor.

Furthermore I am very proud of Adam's second comment in his famous blog by speaking directly to me (check it out here:http://rtpblog2.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/day-625-no1-in-japan/#comment-3297), even before he spoke about his own MEGA-milestones:
Adam is now a member of YouTube Partner Program and (!) his RTP Channel is No. 1 in Japan. Congratulations Adam!

Tomorrow I will carry on with my article about training-motivation, can't wait to post it here.

My day went very much according to my plan: 100 % is today's label!

I logged some more kilometers into the Nike+-Shredder Challenge (From FAT to PHAT IV)which I will (!) finish with 300 + kilometers: There are still 69 kilometers (42 miles) left.

I will be back tomorrow,

Juli

Milestone Day ...Off the Couch Day 11

Today was a milestone-day for me, soemthing very emotional and encouraging, cheering up happened:

Adam Waters, the master of accountability, THE example for body and mind transformation and a fantastic inspiration himself, spoke today in his own blog about my goal to finish the Nike + - Shredder Challenge "From Fat to PHAT IV" with more than 300 km.

You can check it out here:http://rtpblog2.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/day-624-juli-is-running-wild/

Adam's blog post touched me very much and it fires me up even more to live up to my own expectations:

I experience more and more what Adam talks about -> POSITIVE PRESSURE.

Since a little bit longer than 3 weeks I am into daily blogging and I can feel the effects it is showing on me and to me.
Daily blogging and daily accountability takes you easier to your goals, former unthinkable, undreamable dreams can become reality, step by step, sometimes baby-step by baby-step but it takes you further to your goals.

My general well-feeling-level is increasing, I am feeling better and better by being part of this wonderful circle of people who also follow a dream and give their daily best to get there and make it reality. I am thankful for all my new online-friends around the world who carry me literally on a wave which pushes me further and faster to my goals. Hugs and smiles to all of you.

After logging my daily kilometres into the Nikeplus.com-page I can see that I need to run about 85 kilometers (about 52 miles) within the next 6 days to reach my goal. I am looking very much forward to run so, :-).

After a day with meetings back to back and this most wonderful emotional milestone I feel extremely happy and still dance a bit like Snoopy.
After all, the day was 90 % according to my plans...my nutrition was the opposite of spot on.

Tomorrow is a new day, I am very tired and

I will be back tomorrow.