We had an all hands meeting at work. It was a pep talk… go team. The primary theme was war movies. Patton for the most part. Shoot the donkies and push them off the bridge to get them out of the way…
One of the quotes that struck home with me, though was “I don’t pay for the same ground twice” (Patton quote). One of my other favorites… Whether you think you can or you think you can’t you are right.
This morning was the first morning in about a week that I really got to work out… it was the first time I had the time to run. Last week I tried to “do” the Gateway to 8k week 3 workout for the Podrunner Intervals. I made about half the podcast and gave up. It really did me in. I thought I wasn’t going to be able to use the rest of the podcasts to work out to. I was really depressed becuase I enjoy my workouts to this music even though it really isn’t music that I would pick out for myself.
This morning, I figured I would try one more time. I was going to fall back to week 2 and work my way up to week 3 to see if I could ever do it, but I rememered the quote… I don’t pay for the same ground twice. So, I turned on week 3 and set off.
I decided that I would push if I could (it was a beautiful morning for a run) and I was going to treat myself to my favorite trail (the road less traveled through the trees… gravel… hillier… creek… rabbits… trees). By the time I made it to the creek, I realized that I was going to actually pull it off. I was going to be able to finish at the quicker BPM pace… 1 min per interval longer.
Sweat… OH MY GOD I was sweating. My sleeveless shirt was soaked, my bra was soaked… I drank my 10 oz water bottle… half of it half way through, half of it at the end when I was stretching. I stretched out and felt fantastic.
Tonight… I have spent another whole satruday working on projects at work. My eyes hurt, my head hurts but I feel way better about everything in general, and I feel better about myself.
Tonight… These little Hour… These twists and turns of fate…
A Figment Of Fitness 