Pump It

I have a "pump it" song. This is a song that every time I hear it I just want to pump my fist in the air. It makes me feel empowered and like I could run for miles. Often, I use my pump it song to get me geared up to start a workout, or to clean the house, or to do something I am just finding it hard to get the motivation to do. I have even taught my children to pump their fists to these songs and dance around. They know that Mom is getting down to business when these songs come on. They even tell me now if they hear my pump it song and I have not. I love to see their little fists going in the air and it gives me even more power to conquer the world.


I often have several pump it songs that come in and out. Some only stay for a couple of weeks, some stay for years. Currently, one is the first song on the "Twilight" soundtrack, "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse. (Who are turning out to be one of my favorite bands of all time.) This song comes on and I feel like I should be at a bench press pushing 150 pounds, or at least walking around like I could beat up a 150 lb dude. Oh, Twilight, how I love thee.

While I truly do enjoy "Supermassive" it is not my true-blue pump it song. That title must belong to Cold Play's "Viva la Vida." (I truly did not notice until just know the coincidence between my pump it song and the title of our blog, but it just makes it that much more appropriate and not just something that Landon spouted off to be funny and I wrote out.) This song has been my song for over two years now. It has helped me accomplish many things, but I am now leaning on it to help me accomplish even more.

I have decided to run a marathon. I have never been a really diligent runner. I love doing it and have gone through periods of my life when I have actually been pretty routine with it, but I have never by any means been a long distance runner. In fact, the most I think I have ever run at one time is 6 miles. It has always been about the length of time I run not the distance, but now, I want it to be about the distance. I want to be able to say that I have conquered my own weaknesses and run 26 miles, 385 yards.


Now I am well aware that I could fail miserably. There is a good chance that I will be lying in the middle of the road puking my guts out by mile 6, but I am going to try. Thankfully I have good guidance. My best friend Becky has run several and is giving me good support in my initial crazy thoughts. (Yes, this is the same Becky who got me blogging. It seems that this is the year to become more like Becky. What have you done to me?) I have begun a spring training regiment this week and will run a total of 9 miles by weeks end.


The ultimate goal, of course, will be to run the marathon in the fall. I have it narrowed down to two, either the Pocatello Marathon or the Mesa Falls Marathon is Ashton, ID. They are a week apart at the end of August and the beginning of September. I hope by writing it here this will give me more people to be accountable to. More people who will know of my humiliation if I fail, or to be truthful, if I succeed. I will conquer, and my pump it song will take me there.


VIVA LA VIDA!!!