Inspiration on the Fly

The best thing about inspiration is that it can arrive when you least expect it! As I struggled to complete my 10K Prep Workout last night, ‘I Shouldn’t Be Alive’ popped up on my TV screen.

I had just finished my first twenty-five minute jogging session and was moving onto the next (after my five minute walking break) when the side-affects of exertion kicked in. My clothing started to cling in all the wrong places. My eyes started to burn as an acid-like sweaty substance took up residence beneath my lids. I had gas like a mother and was forced to focus my last ounce of energy trying to prevent the ‘evidence’ from escaping. And I had a wedgie. What a cruel joke.

To top it all off, my legs were on fire and I had seventeen minutes left.

‘Seventeen minutes? Are you kidding me? There is no way I am going to finish this!’

I was three seconds away from giving up when a man stuck in the African dessert with two broken legs dragged himself across my TV screen. He had been on the search for a missing rhino when his plane took a nose-dive @ 120mph into the dessert floor, shattering both of his legs. He survived in the wilderness for twenty-seven hours before finally being rescued.

…And there I was! On a treadmill! In a gym! Convinced that I was going to die at any moment! Needless to say, I powered through it and couldn’t have felt better if I tried.

Thanks Man Dying in Africa! You saved my workout.

Calories consumed: 1517
Calories burned: 3306
Calorie deficit: 1789