....to my neighbor!!!

I just got back from my ride and was sitting outside gulping down the rest of my gatorade and stuffing the rest of my clif bar in my mouth, when my next-door neighbor came out into her yard. I've never officially met her, we exchange waves and hi's, but the only time we are ever in our front yards is on the way to or from our cars, it seems like she is always driving her kids places, and we've never taken the time to properly meet. She was talking on her phone for a few minutes, and I waved to her and continued stuffing my face. When she was done, she walked over and introduced herself, and then proceeded to tell me that she and her kids notice that I run or bike almost every day, and her kids use me as an example when they try to get her to go out and exercise. She thanked me for being a great example and an inspiration!!

I am very obsessive, competitive, overanalytical, and prone to anxiety and depression. I tend to be very hard on myself, and I tend to get lost in the details of maintaining my workout plans and schedules and logging my times and distances and monitoring my improvements, which isn't necessarily bad, but sometimes I think I need to remind myself why I started doing all of this to begin with. I've never been a complete couch potato, but I definitely let myself go for several years after high school, and only recently began making positive and permanent lifestyle changes. I feel and look strong and healthy, and I'm pretty sure I've never been in better shape. 16-year-old froglegs may have weighed less, but present-day froglegs would run circles around her, even after a nice long bike ride.