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Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
rectumdamnnearkilledem
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Professional Noob
I have a few things...my ass that doesn't want to shrink is probably #1. Other things that keep me motivated are registering for races and setting up a monthly training schedule (increasing my minutes by about 10% each week) that I have hung next to my computer. I cross off each day after I have completed my run. So far I have been really good about getting my workouts in, even when the weather was hot and humid (and tonite I'll likely be adding rain to that mix). Right now I just want to be able to finish races, but eventually I would like to be able to finish races in the top half of my age bracket. k
Roads were made for journeys...
....but the one that keeps my # of miles up is that the sooner I get more miles on my shoes, the sooner I can buy new ones!
Abs of Flabs
You'll ruin your knees!
""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)
...to see what's over the next hill, what's around the next bend! I regularly see a roadrunner on one of my common runs...I always say hello and ask him to join me...he usually just darts into the bushes...
I regularly see a roadrunner on one of my common runs...I always say hello and ask him to join me...he usually just darts into the bushes...
veggies on the runMartial Artist Runners
Self anointed title
Along for the Ride
It's weird, but the bars on my training log motivate me. I can't stand when they get bigger (more runs are dropping off than I am putting on). I also like adding new runs, hitting save and looking at my log again. Unfortunately, I am having a hard time staying motivated. I think it's the heat. I am so glad we have a bit of a break from the humidity here in MO.
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end. (RF)
To paraphrase an old poster: Today is the first day of the rest of your training. It doesn’t matter where you started or how far you’ve come. Today is the day. Your training didn’t start 6 weeks ago. Your training started the last time you hit the road. John “the Penguin” Bingham Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you're standing outside the fire