So Close

The end is in sight!  I am so close to finishing this Row the River challenge that I can't hardly stand it!  Roughly about 24,000 meters to go!  Honestly, I feel like I've been working on this forever.  The actual challenge at the gym started in May and ended mid August.  I'm not sure how many people actually managed to row 267,000 meters in those 3 months, but I know I wasn't one of them.  I wasn't even close.  But, I am now.  It's so close I can taste it!

I honestly don't even know why I'm still doing this though.  That challenge has long been forgotten by everyone else.  In fact, we've gone through an entire season since it ended in August.  At this point, the kids are back in school, we've had our first snow, and I'm still rowing.  Fact is, I don't really care though.  This has now become personal for me.

It would have been much easier to just quit when the challenge was over.  I wasn't even half way there when it ended, so there really wasn't much reason to finish.  There was no prize at the end.  And in all honesty, unless you read here, no one will even know when I do finish.  But, I'll know.

I think that's why I'm still going.  I feel like this is something that I just need to do. I also think this is about a lot more than just the rowing challenge.  This is about finishing what you started.  This is about not quitting when things get rough.  This is about not taking the easy way out.  This is about believing that I can accomplish whatever I set my mind to.  This is about realizing that my weight loss journey is very much like this rowing challenge.  The end seems so far away, but if I keep plugging away, one day at a time, I'll eventually get there.  This is personal.