What more is there in life...

Sunday, January 10, 2010 -300 days to M day. OMG, it’s almost here. I’m so not ready.
“What more is there in life than a moment when you know you can do anything.” Mike Franfurt from Run your First Marathon…. Grete Weitz and Gloria Averbuch. This is my mantra. I make no excuses for not doing any sort of physical activity yesterday. It was my daughter-in-law’s baby shower yesterday and I had a choice of jogging in the early morning or after the shower. I didn’t get up early; well, I opened my eyes and turned right over. It wasn’t that I was jogging outside in the freezing cold; I was planning on the mill at the gym. But no, I fell back to sleep. Baby Shower was nice; my sister’s were a no show, each with there own excuse. One of them emailed Chris (my son) to ask for his address (he recently moved) so she can send a gift. He told me after he sent the address. If he had told me before I would have asked him not to send it. I haven’t heard from Nancy since New Years Eve, except for an email to tell me she couldn’t attend the shower. Very nice sister’s I have. I refuse to call. Mommy would be so proud of us! Emilia and Carmela (sis-in-law and niece) attended, and that’s it folks for my family. I like Emilia and Carmela. The Baby Shower was at a local restaurant and the food was very tasty, like restaurant food and not party food. A good time was had. Taylor, my granddaughter, who is 13, enjoyed herself. Wait until little Miss Unnamed yet, cries at 2am, my guess is that Taylor will not be so happy. The party was over at 4 so I couldn’t have gone to the gym, but I didn’t. No reason other than I didn’t. Sometimes I’m such a dumbass.
This morning I went to the gym about 9:45. I jogged for 5 minutes at 4.0 and then went to 3.25 miles between 4.4 and 4.6 more at 4.5. I slowed to 4.0 and walked for 2 minutes than jogged another mile at 4.5-4.6, slowed to 4.0 walked for 1 minute and jogged another mile, jogged 4.6-4.8, slowed to 4.0 walked for 1.5 minutes and jogged to 6 miles at 4.5-4.6. 700 calories, 80 minutes, average 12 minute miles. (I calculated at the marathonguide.com site and checked twice. It has to be more than 12 minute mile’s, maybe it was more than 80 minutes, but not by much.).
I definitely should have stopped at the 2 mile mark and walked for a minute. I’m going to start that tomorrow. I have been so stressed, at home, at work. I’m flying back to Virginia Beach tomorrow and staying until Thu. I have to train smart. “What more is there in life than a moment when you know you can do anything.”