running

I was going to give this post a clever title ("to cheat, or not to cheat"; "cheating and making excuses"; "getting back in shape"; and "the 10 minute mile" to name a few)...but I decided to just call it what it is and leave the creativity to Josh. (you'll understand those titles soon)

After taking a year off from running, I started back up a couple days ago. Even though it's just one mile, I was still tempted to take a shortcut the first time...but I figured I'd only be cheating myself and I wouldn't have as big of a sense of accomplishment...so I didn't cheat myself. The second day of running was slightly easier, but then the third day I almost didn't go running b/c it was sprinkling outside...but I knew that was just an excuse, so I ran...and it felt good that I didn't cheat myself again. I've gone running four days now, and I've shaved a few seconds off my time...I think I'm close to a 9 minute mile now!!!!!