do you have a red cape? If not, can you get one??

Okay so here's the marathon winning plan:
There is this amazing man named Hal Higdon. He is quite old, but when he turned 60 he ran 6 marathons that year to celebrate. Impressed? Well when he turned 70, he ran 7 marathons. This man is an animal! He has great training programs on his website for all levels. I love his plans because they start out light and gradually build so anyone who follows them will have success. I am going to use his advanced marathon training program next year to prepare for the big win:) Before I start that, I am going to do the spring training program.

Other parts of the winning plan include:
-Eating amazingly (so tricky!!!) There are some foods that really trigger overeating for me and whenever I overeat, I feel bad about it and end up eating even more, such a vicious cycle!
-Visualizing there was a study done that showed amazing effects of visualizing. The researchers used three groups. One group spent an hour every day shooting free throws. One group spent an hour visualizing shooting free throws but not actually doing it. The third group spent half that time visualizing and the other time actually shooting. The researchers then tested all the people and recorded how they did at actually shooting. Suprisingly, the group that practiced actually shooting did the worst while the group that visualized and practiced did the best. Coming in a close second was the group that visualized making free throws.

The past few days, weeks, months have felt like a roller coaster for me. Sometimes I am extremely excited about life. Other times I am in the depths of despair, noticing only failure after failure and focusing on all the bad rather than focusing on how lucky I am. I want to be positive but sometimes it is difficult! A few years ago I bought a wonder woman costume. So my plan for this week is to wear the shiny red cape everyday. Can you have a bad day whilst wearing a cape???? I don't think you can. I will let you know!

Last random thought. Does anyone remember the inventor show that was on ABC a few years ago? There was a middle aged man who had this blue doll that hugged you and said everything is going to be alright. The judges lampooned the inventor, but I loved that doll. Sometimes there is someone there to hug you and tell you everything is going to be alright but sometimes there isn't and I think everyone needs to hear that occasionly. It is so easy to put so much stress on yourself that you forget that everything works out eventually, maybe not the way you thought but it does. So hugs out to everyone and remember everything is going to be alright:)