I figured out why I run. Because you tell yourself your gonna do it and YOU do it! No one else tells you to, no one else pushes you and no one else sets the bar. YOU run..YOU accomplish your goal. Yesterday before I left for my 6 mile run I told myself and I was going to set a PR. And I did it. 47 minutes and 45 seconds. 7 months ago it took me an hour to run 6 miles. I was so happy and what is interesting it that I didn’t feel the need to share this accomplishment with anyone else…because I did it for me and only me.

The days are slowly getting longer here in New Hampshire. I’m beyond thrilled to have it be dusk @ 5 instead of pitch black. I’m already dreaming about the cool Spring runs after work. I hit the gym this morning for strength training.  I’m actually starting to look foward to these sessions and wishing I had more time than just an hour. I can already see myself becoming stronger! It is quite empowering.

Although, I did learn this morning that I need to be eating more. I became very woozy at one point and had to sit down. I could tell it was from lack of engery. I’ve decided that I’m going to try 100% harder to do something I’ve been trying to do for years: I’m going to view food soley as fuel. No more feeling guilty for eating more than my peers or even for a cookie, because it is fuel and it gives me the engery to run faster, stronger and longer.

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