Tell me about a time you did something awesome.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I'm getting ready for bed. Tomorrow morning I'm getting up early and we're driving an hour to a mountain lake to do some cold water/cold air/altitude swimming. Nine miles' worth, in fact. So I'd like something inspiring to read in the car on the way there. So tell me your most awesome accomplishments! What are you most proud of? H&F or no, it doesn't matter.

[hannahb]

Getting my doctorate and graduating with honors. It was a lot of schooling and the cost is far greater than my salary but it's a job I love.
H&F wise would be just being consistent. Sure I've been injured before and taken time off but I also have a sport I love and whether or not I've been training for something or just running for fun the accomplishment is just getting out there.

[bostonmichelle]

Good luck tomorrow mrs.jacinthe!!!!

Non H&F - My move down to NC. It was so scary to move somewhere with no friends or support system. DH and I have created a great support system and made a bunch of friends. It has only been 11 months since DH moved down here and 9 months since I've moved down here.

H&F - My consistent running and now adding in biking to the mix has surprised me. All 3 of my marathons for all different reasons are my proudest accomplishments in running. I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd run one but run 3 and have more lined up to run.

[luckystar2]

Good luck!
Non H&F: my master's degree. I did it part time while working full time. It's a program with more credits than most other masters and I did my own research for my thesis which took longer. So the whole thing seemed to take forever. Not to mention I got pregnant and had dd while doing it. I remember being worried about making it through class when I had morning sickness so bad. Or how hard it was to go back to work and have homework when having a 3 month old!! I still can't believe I finished it!

H&F: everything?? I wasn't a runner or an athlete. I couldn't run more than a minute. So every time I hit a new milestone that becomes my proudest moment. I remember being able to run a mile or finally finishing C25K and running my first 5k. How amazed I was the first time I ran further than 5 miles. 10k no walking! Or training for my half and how every week was a new goal met. As of right now I'm most proud of doing a half marathon. The first time was an amazing accomplishment for me. I wasn't sure I could do it. But then that has quickly morphed into multiple half marathons and getting a big PR during my 3rd. I love that something I once thought was absurd and impossible is now a reality!

[mysticmuffin]

Good luck!

Non H&F: I'm so proud of my master's degree. I was a long slog through 2.5 years while working full time, planning a wedding and blending a family.

I'm also fiercely proud of the adults that my step kids have become since I've known them. I can't take any credit for it, but watching them grow and mature over the last 5 years has been amazing. They make me a kinder and more understanding person.

H&F: the furthest I had ever run before this year was 1.5 miles that we had to do in gym class in high school. I had no idea that I would ever start running voluntarily and enjoy it so much. I amazed myself when I ran my first 5k and didn't stop running, then a huge PR with my 2nd and not quitting when my 3rd got so hard and so hot. Now I'm training for a triathlon and staring down the barrel of a half marathon. I can't wait to hit all of the milestones that I have waiting for me.

[gt7301b]

H&F - I PRed MCM by over 40 minutes and killed my sub 4 HR goal.

Non H&F - being a mom to this guy is pretty awesome.

[taratru]

H&F - training after my BQ bust for another damn 11 weeks or whatever it was to qualify on my 2nd try. That block of training was the hardest thing I'd ever done, ever. But I'd never change it. It made me so tough.

non H&F - I think it's pretty awesome that I have two master's degrees. I quit my teaching job to get my first one by going back full time, which was a huge risk - lived off student loans, coaching, and my job at PF Chang's for 2 years to get it done. I was also newly divorced, and it was the first time I'd ever been on my own (ish...I still had a kid and all ). I also feel pretty awesome that I'm able to train and do the things I do while being a mom of 3 kids and wife and work full time, so everytime I hit a big goal, I realize that it's pretty damn awesome.

[clseale]

Every run I do in this fucking swamp is awesome. Sorry. I'm grumpy. Feels like of 89* when I started at 6 AM.

ETA: Non-H&F, I'm proud that I had the courage to quit a job I was miserable in to build a career in my desired field. It wasn't easy, but with hard work and taking advantage of/leveraging connections, I've done pretty well for myself.

[mrshandy]

H&F - setting a big goal when I was pregnant with DD and giving it my all to BQ and PR by 32 minutes

Non H&F - working hard and saving in a HCOL area to buy a house over a period of 4 years

[Deleted]

Getting my master's in physical chemistry and laser spectroscopy. I got an impressive on my defense from a very well renowned inorganic research professor. I worked my butt off to get it. I grew up a lot during those two years and emerged a strong, confident woman capable of holding my own and doing anything I put my mind to. I chose not to continue to my Ph.D. just because it didn't fit into my career ambitions at the time but my advisor tried to get me to stick around. 3-5 more years of research just wasn't what I wanted at the time and I would have had to redesign the experiment with the engineers. It is the time in my life I use to guide myself through difficult times now. I state my opinion because that was what I was trained to do. It gets me into trouble a lot with those who did not go into chemistry or to grad school, but I tell those people if I wasn't like that the lab would blow up and we'd all die.

[rnrun]

I save lives for a career. My job is the most rewarding thing that I've ever done.
I've kept a 4.0 GPA in graduate school so far. I'll graduate next summer and I'm hoping that I can continue getting all A's.
I've run a 22:19 5K, after only running for about 2 years (excluding a several month break last year due to injuries).

[runaways]

Surviving med school. Half way done with residency in anesthesiology. I see a LOT of crazy shit, some of which gets discussed on the boards actually, but I fucking love it.

I did 13 miles on like an hour of sleep a few months ago, after a night of back to back aforementioned crazy shit. I tell people that's my best accomplishment of residency lol.

[Deleted]

You guys have some awesome accomplishments. I love being a part of this outstanding group of people.

[karenj]

I have lost 61 lbs since January. I have been obese almost my whole adult life. I still have that much to lose but I feel really good and I have even started running. I will be 50 in a couple months and probably feel better than I have since turning 40.

[libbygrl109]

NHF was probably getting through having a baby and DH's unemployment immediately after and still have a happy, strong marriage and an amazing DS.

For HF, starting running, and actually having it stick. Completing a half in windy, rainy, 40* weather, then doing another one in driving snow and hail, and still wanting to do another.

[jordylee]

NHFR: 4 years ago DH and I quit our jobs, sold our stuff, and traveled for a year. Definitely the coolest thing I've done.

H&FR: qualifying for and running Boston.

[clseale]

Jul 9, 2016 12:18:04 GMT -5 jordylee said:

NHFR: 4 years ago DH and I quit our jobs, sold our stuff, and traveled for a year. Definitely the coolest thing I've done.

H&FR: qualifying for and running Boston.

How was that already 4 yrs ago?!

[wambam]

Non H&F: I owned part of a company at 26.

H&F: I feel like I crushed my first half. I still cannot believe I accomplished that.

[itsme]

Going through bootcamp and my stint in the military.
Being a single mom at 23 and working full-time while going to school full-time.
Getting my Bachelor's degree while having a family.
Running my first half marathon.
Being consistent with working out for over 3 years.
Losing 50lbs.
The strength I've gained through CrossFit.
Competing.
My abs.

[Deleted]

NH&FR: I I owned my own company at 21, played solo piano at the Sydney Opera House at the age of 11 and got my Masters (with distinction) at the fifth oldest university in the english-speaking world.
I'm also kind of proud that my marriage ended so amicably that we meet up for dinner occasionally and no lawyers were involved.
H&F: 52 half marathons in 52 weeks, coming second overall (beaten by a 19 year old) in the final one near the north pole and running just one marathon and BQing in it.

[juliabug]

I got in the water for my half ironman. It was about 45*F and the water was 63*F. I passed so many of the men that started 3 to 6 minutes before I did.