100 Days Update, and W.O.W.

It's been 50 days since I started my 100 Day Challenge. At the end of February, I challenged myself to eat healthy and train for a 10k trail run for the Next 100 Days. I wish I could say I have been so far successful.
Exercise is not a problem- I love to do it. It's sweets that seem to be my nemesis. Since our sugar strike only a couple of weeks ago, I have made a new resolve to make more salubrious* choices in my eating. I don't keep junk in the house, but I consider too many occasions to be "special". Usually, those "special occasions" involve less-than-healthy refreshments, of which I rarely decline.

With the next 50 days, I am going to recommit and do my utmost to eat well and train for the 10k. I haven't made it easy on myself, however. In the coming weeks, I will be traveling A LOT. I will be without the safeguards of my own home, leaving myself vulnerable to the cuisine of the chosen locale. I will not completely deprive myself, mind you, but I will practice more self-control and make wise choices that won't leave me feeling like I need to be pardoned.

*salubrious \suh-loo-bree-uhs\ adj,
favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
dictionary.com

The 100 Day Challenge

I've known about this challenge for a while. Dan's cousins, Amy and Brain created a blog for it a while back.
Here is how they presented it:

Q: What will you do in the next 100 days?

If a five year old can learn to read, write, count, and do math in just 100 days, what could you do in 100 days? What could you do if you focused your energy of heart, mind, and soul on it? Could you live a dream, change a habit, reach a goal, or change a life? What if we all did just one thing, one thing we have always wanted to do, but have never taken the time to accomplish? If we did that, what would the next 100 days hold for us all?

I thought it was a great idea, but I never did anything about it.
I love having goals, and I love accomplishing goals even more.
So, for the next 100 days, I'm going to train (follow a running schedule, eat right etc.) for the 10k race I will be running at the end of May (that's just short of 100 days). It's not a marathon or even a half marathon, but it is a race and the only race I can run right now is up the stairs with my kids- not much of a challenge. 

What I loved about training for the half marathon last year was that I had specific and defined terms for my goal. I had direction, purpose and I felt so good! After the race, I lost my motivation. I still ran, stayed active and tried to eat healthy but it just wasn't the same.
Maybe for my next 100 Day Challenge I will do something more profound and life altering, but this is my start.

Are you up for a challenge?