Sunday, July 5, 2009

Make people clap for you


We talk about the most random things on our long runs. This week I was telling Kristin about how once I read this little quote about happiness. It said to give yourself a self-esteem boost, you should take up a sport where people clap for you. Kristin and I have better cheerleaders than the Dallas Cowboys, and they are even fully clothed!
We have a friend named Vicky. Vicky makes the word amazing look bad. That girl is incredible. She cooks, sews, bottles, is a mean soft-ball player, takes care of her family, and oh yeah, is Young Women's president on the side; she is a REAL mormon girl. I hope to grow up and find that I have turned into Vicky. She gets up at....i don't even know....some ridiculously early hour that doesn't even know sunlight. To be honest, I have never been awake at those kinds of hours, I'm not really sure they even keep time that early. Every week Kristin and I find new ways to describe how truly painful it is to get up THAT early and RUN TEN MILES! This saturday Kristin was telling me about how it was so early it was Vicky:thirty. I laughed so hard I almost forgot to hold my shorts up!
Our ward Relief society ladies walk every morning on the trail. That is when all the figuring out of the world is accomplished. I one time had my new relief society president ask me why I thought my new ward has such a hard time keeping up programs like book group, out-to-lunch-bunch etc. like the 4th ward. I told her the only answer was that the 4th ward women are party girls. They live for the fun stuff. Let me tell you- they have a good time. So, every morning when we plod past them, they cheer, yell, clap. No one should have to start out their day with out a good cat-call! They are truly obnoxious and how could a girl not love them more for it?! Every other runner on the path is jealous we travel with our own group of cheerleaders. So it is true.... to feel good about yourself, pick up a sport where people clap for you. It gets me up early in the morning!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, I wish I had someone to clap for me while I go on my runs. I have no friends and no family. All I have are these three dogs I'm babysitting... and they don't even have hands!
-Mikelle

Vicky said...

Hey you are the best!! You know I would cheer for you no matter what you do even though you don't here me because you are still in bed when I start cheering. I'm so proud of you for doing this. You are my hero. Keep up the good work and I know yo will be ready for the race. I Love You and you are already a winner.

Sarah said...

We all clap for you! You are amazing! Running a marathon is quite a feat, training for a marathon... an even greater feat...

Thank you for being so kid and supportive to us, we really appreciate it, thank you for all the nice visits in the hospital, you don't even have to do a sport to get some claps from us, you are so nice . We love you

Danna said...

Sarah- you are so sweet! Thanks- I really appreciate that. Thanks for reading the blog- you are the best!

rosie said...

All I have to say that i am a tad bit offended that my lovely mother Mitzie made it on the blog page before me. It hurts. :D Guess that just means we are going to have to hang out more, which is totally cool with me!! Haha Luff You