Well, it has been four days since mine and William’s last training session. We were both sick on Sunday. I don't know if it was something that we ate or what, but what a bummer.
Talked to William today and asked if he wanted to meet at my house for a run. That is about a half hour drive for someone that is not that motivated, so I was a little concerned he might try to get out of it, so I was very pleased when he actually said yes! And when he even showed up a half hour early I was even more impressed! Way to go man!!
When we started running I could see that he was very motivated today, more than normal. We ran about a 2.6 mile out and back. He took off kind of fast for his pace, I was thinking he is going to burn himself out, but I will just push hard at the end to get a good run in. He told me that he and his wife did some yoga the day before. He also had said that his wife wanted to go for a walk this morning, but he had to work. He said, “It is hard for me to get up early, I am not a morning person." I thought to myself, is this another excuse, another voice saying "Just sit here and sleep you can go later."? This is where he needs my help, with the motivation. We get to the turn around spot and I ask him "Have you stepped on the scale lately?" He said, "Yes I have......" with a long drawn out pause “AND...?” I said. He nonchalantly replied, "342" What?! He just told me he had lost 5 pounds and there was no excitement in his voice. I started jumping around. "THAT’S AWESOME!!!!!" Four days and 5 pounds, I am pumped! He is playing it cool like it is no big deal. Then it hits me, he has been here before. Just diet and lose a few pounds, stop and it comes right back. I am hoping that this will not happen this time. We finish up the run and I am feeling awesome about what he has just accomplished, his best run so far. Although, he was feeling quite the opposite, he ran longer distances this time without breaks than during any of his previous runs.
After the run, William and I sat at the table, with my wife, and chatted about the blogging and the different ways in which we are each approaching the blog. He made a comment on how I write things in here that we talk about during the run and that my comments really affect him and make him really think about where he is at right now. It made me concerned that my comments might be hurting his feelings, though that is never my intent. I hope he understands that all I really want to do is help motivate him to accomplish the goals he says he wishes to attain. We also talked about how good today’s run was, and that just because it may not have felt great, he did in fact do a great job and I am very proud of him.
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