The Eye of the Tiger

Well today started out in a frenzy.. How can an apartment of two college students have ZERO pencils?! I woke up at 7, threw on my most attractive sweats and puffy jacket and busted over to Freddy's to get some pencils. The A&P final whooped my under prepared butt like a nun at a 'yo mama..' contest. Coming out of the exam room I felt awful. This class wasn't just for a grade, it was an opportunity to go see somewhere new and exciting to complete my paramedic. I called my mom who of course simply said get up and brush yourself off (we're proud of you) move on to the next final and find a new path to Alaska.

I got home and still felt awful, I went and got my run/walking duds on and went out for a 3 mile think session with me, myself, and I. My legs were moving so fast it felt like they were going to pop off after the torture they went through last night. Sore and in a pity party I kept moving listening to the most corny work out song of them all, you guessed it... THE eye of the Tiger. Laughing at my poor music selection I felt a little less depressed about the test and was starting to move past it as the miles went on.  Today I graduated from a 1/2 mile of running to 1 mile of running. The fact that I had to come to grips with was that I was not going to be able to run this mile right off the bat, and that I will have to work up to it just like I did with the 1/2 mile and anything else I have done right in my life. It was hard to convince myself to start running again when I hit the first wall, but somehow a voice inside my head out-yelled my sore legs and bursting lungs. Even though it was a run/walk mile I ended this run at 41:44, slicing just over 3 minutes off from yesterdays run of 45:18.

Yesterday was my first blog posting, and tons of people were very encouraging and supportive of what I am doing. If you are working towards a goal and having a hard time keeping yourself motivated start a blog or some sort of measurable data keeping to be able to look back on and see the progress you have made. I really appreciate all of you who are reading, even if you don't leave comments I appreciate that you are taking time to support me by reading what I have to say.
Thanks!