Shame Turns To Determination As Area Woman Views American Ninja Warrior Clip
I went for a run this morning.This is significant.Many years and several pounds ago, I was in the habit of running 5 to 7 miles a day. Now I'm more of a slog-away-on-the-elliptical-machine-whilst-watching-my-stories kind of exerciser. I have a FitBit, and I feel successful if I hit 10,000 steps -- even if half of those steps are walking to and from the refrigerator.This morning, though, after my husband and I were lamenting how out of shape we'd become, we decided to jog together for the first time in ages.We were all:
"We're going to do this every morning!""Yeah!""We're going to go to sleep at a reasonable hour!""Yeah!""We're going to eat vegetables!""Yeah!"We committed to 15 minutes. At around the 8-minute mark, I'd found my stride and was feeling good:
At 15 minutes, I got cocky. "I can make it to 20 -- let's keep going!" I said, breathlessly. Foolishly.Bear in mind that I live in Dallas, where this time of year the mornings are 90 degrees with a disgusting 50% humidity. The situation quickly deteriorated.
My thoughts turned to heat stroke.Groaning and grimacing, I mentally ran through the symptoms that I've memorized, because I am addicted to the Internet. After concluding that I probably wasn't dying, I continued.I made it to 20 minutes and stopped, my quadriceps seizing. I was all:
Just ran 20 minutes for the first time in ages and OH MY GOD HOW, WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS TO THEMSELVES? @dallasrunaround @ohlesliebarker
— Samantha Shaddock (@samshaddock) July 25, 2015
Then, shame set in. What to some people would be a leisurely trot had thoroughly depleted me. My inner voice was all:
Clutching a glass of iced coffee, I hobbled to the couch and scrolled idly through Facebook. The first thing I happened upon was this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZFuw7a13ELadies and gentlemen, meet Kacy Catanzaro: American Ninja Warrior! Watch the clip, and you'll see her run, jump and climb in the most incredible ways, without losing her cool or her breath. Simply amazing!This woman is 5 feet tall and 100 pounds of pure strength and determination -- and she's the reason why, despite my harrowing experience this morning, I'm about to go do some crunches.More Fitness Inspiration: