{"id":4442,"date":"2012-10-03T16:51:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T23:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/?p=4442"},"modified":"2012-10-24T09:39:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T16:39:28","slug":"have-you-ever-had-a-dream-you-wanted-to-follow-we-do-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-you-wanted-to-follow-we-do-too\/","title":{"rendered":"have you ever had a dream you wanted to follow? we do, too."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started my 10K training yesterday. I hadn&#8217;t run since the 5K race, taking a month off to catch up on things and\u00a0pursue other exercise options (read: yoga and Wii fit.)<\/p>\n<p>I have learned if I don&#8217;t have a training schedule, I will not run just to run. And so, I will train for something. I love structure, and planning, and organization, and a goal, so for me, this is perfect.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who know me, you know I have several\u00a0reoccurring\u00a0dreams: the one when I realize it&#8217;s three weeks into the semester and I&#8217;ve gone to no classes, the one where I have to retake high school math even though I have a college degree, the one where I am at the final soccer game of the season and realize I&#8217;ve forgotten my shin guards&#8230;but the one I have most is the one where I am running, my lungs do not hurt, I am running fast and free and far, and I am happy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always wanted to have that dream, to be that dream. I thought it not possible, but I proved myself wrong by running two 5Ks. And now, I want to prove myself wrong by running a 10K. And maybe, someday, more. I realize in order to make this dream come true, I must baby step up to the plate. It won&#8217;t be easy, it won&#8217;t happen overnight, but it is absolutely achievable, and that&#8217;s what matters.<\/p>\n<p>My sister posted this video on the book today (below), and I thought it was accurate to the way a lot of people feel about health; they&#8217;ve given up, accepted status quo, let their current health state define who they are. But that&#8217;s not right, that&#8217;s not how it should be. You must define your own path. You must believe in yourself. You must push yourself to be the best you you can be.<\/p>\n<p>As Sara Bareilles says, &#8220;Compare who you are to where you want to be and you&#8217;ll get nowhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qX9FSZJu448?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qX9FSZJu448?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started my 10K training yesterday. I hadn&#8217;t run since the 5K race, taking a month off to catch up on things and\u00a0pursue other exercise options (read: yoga and Wii fit.) 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