Week 8: Working Through Challenges

Well, another week of training bites the dust! Just like these families of Hospitality Homes have challenges, I too have had some with my training. I confess, I am nursing a pulled muscle in my buttock for the last two weeks that had me worried, but I managed to get in my long run of 19 miles this weekend. I have been doing some cross training, yoga and stretching to make sure I don’t do any long term damage that would prevent me from reaching the finish line and letting down all of you who have been so generous to Hospitality Homes. I also have tried to befriend the treadmill doing some hill intervals to prepare for Heart Break Hill and some speed work; though I promise I will not be breaking any records other than the one where we reach our $10,000 dollar goal!

I know I am lucky just to be running and want to enjoy the journey and that incredible feeling of accomplishment crossing the finish line. Some days you just have to accept that you are just not feeling the desire or drive to get out there and train, but then there are days when the sun is shining, you have a new pair of shoes or a bright colored shirt that inspires you to go shine and so you plug along and the next thing you know, you just ran 3 hours. Sounds easy right? Well it’s mostly mind over matter and the trick is making your mind matter!

The folks at Hospitality Homes and I check this site regularly and we squeal with delight at the comments and generous donations so many people have made. We are all making dreams come true and that’s enough to get me to lace up my shoes and get out there. I just have one more week of the really heavy running and then it’s all down hill from there. So keep the words of encouragement coming, I really appreciate it!

Gotta go run…