Sarah- Wednesday, June 4, 2008

I finally get to running about 7 PM tonight. By 7 PM I've been to the park, library, and then played at home all afternoon with 3 kids- all on 4.5 hours sleep (I blog and do random social media stuff long into the quiet night). It was a great day but getting off my ass to run is a tough sell. But I've been trying to stick to the every-other-day routine so off I go. I take the route that I had actually intended on taking yesterday. To my pleasant surprise, I also end up finding a 50 acre area of conservation land with a thin trail winding through it. It looks too good to resist. I take it up a bit and am thoroughly enjoying a little cross-country action when I realize that no one knows were I am and I don't have a big dog. Damn. Where's Lulu when I need her- Texas. That dog's gonna be getting some exercise. I double back to the street. I'm not feeling as good today as I usually do. I think of Darcy and the marathon often and that is motivation to continue running. I hear Mr./Coach/Larry Bell in my head, "I don't care how fast you run as long as you're running." Here's a couple of other quotes I like.

Jacqueline Gareau, 1980 Boston Marathon champ:

"The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed."

John J. Kelly, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon:

"Marathoning is just another form of insanity."

Distance today: 2.25 miles
Question for the day: Will music help or hinder? Will I lose that peace that I now feel when I run or will it be better and help me to run farther? Pondering use of the IPOD...
Having a massage tomorrow and CAN'T WAIT!!!