Running Wogging & the Glass Half Full

Get going. Just get out and go somewhere. Some days are like today- You wake up and your body says NO- All last week I had this nagging pain in my shin- Bruised? Strained? Who knows- Today it told me "don't you dare" --- So I didn't. I have come too far to worry about a little walk. You know what cracks me up about the whole 'running' thing? This almost 'step-sister' mentality toward walking- I find myself falling into that trap more often than not- turning my nose up to a perfectly good walk.... Today it was too dark for photos- Snagged  off computer's "sample picture"file!   Granted, I realize I'm training for a RUN,   but if a walk helps me reach my goal- so be it!!!    But today as I was WALKING :O)    I thought about all the times people ask:    "Do you REALLY run?"    Well, if you want to get particular,    I guess I could put a new heading    in...

Hit snooze twice on my alarm this morning.  Luckily, my clock is alarmingly fast, making my actual out of bed time 4:45. No worries, I only had another 4 to tackle. AND I'd planned ahead and had everything ready. Oh yeah, "everything ready" to me means; I've forgotten to charge my head phones, Can't find socks, Have to scrounge through the laundry for that running shirt I just plain forgot to wash, but can't live without. SERIOUSLY!!!!! (you know- I HAVE asked for organization EVERY year for Christmas- no one seems to listen) Funny how these little things become the undoing of me. Same story in getting the kids out the door for school. I keep telling myself, "everyone else is competent and able to get with the program- why not you?" Oh, well I come just as I am. Hooked up my HUGE oldschool headphones,  stuffed the three miles of chord down my shirt, and headed out. Endomondo said I was running. I began my warm up w...

When did my mind decide that 3 miles was nothing- 4 nod worthy- and 5 respectable but not as glorious as 6? Snobbery in any arena sets oneself up for failure. That's just what happened to me today. I was so sure of myself- "Gonna knock out 3!"- turned into " What knocked me out?" Today my shin splints came back.  Nothing but painful "wogging"- no smiles- Just how does one stretch a shin?  I wogged through my magic carnival lights that cheered me on through my last run, but the magic wasn't there. I walked- "Push through it- don't give up" said the ambitious side of me. "Pull back- give in, and listen to your body" said the cautious . Tug of war where no one wins---no one looses---what's the point of that? But there was something to be gained. Going slow made me 20 minutes later in my trek- and in that 20-- a beautiful sunrise. That sunrise made me see a path I hadn't seen before through a sculpture by ...