I made several what I consider big decisions for me and my well-being and continued healing last week.

1) I joined an 8-Week Wellness Challenge. I have trouble seeing these things through to the end. My goal this time is to find the key to consistency. Just making it to the end and turning in my final results would be a huge win for me.

2) I am going to compete in a fancy shawl contest at the end of March. I am nowhere near ready, but I have committed to doing so. That feels good and gives me something to look forward to. I miss it more than anyone will ever know. Seeing my friend Lisa Ewack, who is my age, dance with 18 year olds this past weekend motivated me as well.

3) I did what the above picture represents. I signed up for a 5K. This particular race, I haven’t run since 2012, the year I got my dual hip osteoarthritis diagnosis. It’s a family event of sorts….I ran this race before with my dad and sister. And then our extended family and close friends used this race to jump start their running careers.

4) I decided to put myself out there more and share my plans and goals with people. My girl Tanksi volunteered to be part of my accountability system. She has me fired up already. My trainer Travis suggested I make my intentions public for more accountability. So I decided to use this blog as another accountability tool and document my training for the March 2 5K.

I will be trying a new program, the Jeff Galloway 7-Week Walk/Run app. I’ve used the Couch to 5K app in the past and I’ve liked it. I just want to try something different this time.

Today I am tired and I am sore from dancing at a powwow on Saturday in Oklahoma, and traveling yesterday. But I am motivated to start this today so I can keep on schedule. The 5K coincides with the end of the Wellness Challenge. This has just all fallen into place very easily, so it must be what I’m meant to do.

Be ready to hear about my progress, or any lack of…lol. Here we gooooooooo!!!!