Sign up for a Race; It's Amazing what it will do.

Gratuity: Goals - some achieved, some in progress, some maybe unachievable;  They help me get up in the morning, they keep me excited.

Goal Work: The miracle isn't that I finished.  The miracle is that I had the courage to start. - John J. Bingham

Until my family had nudged me into attempting and completing a 5K, I had only dreamed of running in races.    My attempts to run prior to that had never achieved anything greater than a fast walk.   I had told myself I would sign up once I was able to run the entire 3.12 miles in a decent time, but excuses would take over, and I would never really train, so I never signed up.   I was always too busy, too tired, too out of shape.   I continued to gain weight.  I continued to grow less healthy.  All those excuses were sweeped under the rug when my family pride forced me to sign up for that faithful race in June of 2009.   It is amazing what the fear of failure and the satisfaction of success will do.  

I wonder what my new goals of running in a 10K, a 15K and a half-marathon will do for my running?    Hopefully it will help me lose weight, maybe get faster, and mostly just keep up the consistency and satisfaction that having a goal tends to instantiate.    It is a fact I have dragged myself to the gym a few times because of the 10K looming in the near distance.  It is a fact I have forgone a second helping or sometimes even a meal because I hoped the weight loss would help me run faster or longer for my 10K.  It is a fact I am thankful for these goals.

Awaken: 08:30AM
Yesterday MIT and Goals: Getting a bit tardy with going to bed early and getting up early.   Must take control.    Loved my piano playing.  My 15 minutes turned into a half an hour and I could have gone longer.  My fingers are actually a tad sore.  Poor me.
Today MIT and Goals:Yikes I did not make any today.