Well, we are now starting on week 3 of my running. And it's going pretty well I have to say. I haven't gone every day that I should have, but most of them. My sister started running with me, and that makes it so much easier. I'm so grateful for that. I really enjoy running with her too. Which kind of surprises me, I remember once when I was younger she went running with me and it made me miserable, I think that is probably because I was in terrible shape and she was probably running cross country at that point, I can't really remember for sure though. Anyway, so we actually took Maggie Mae running today, I just couldn't leave her behind when I was loading up the truck and she started crying...I think that she actually did really good, I guess we'll see if she can walk still tomorrow... I'm finally getting to where I am starting to enjoy running again, I am starting to get to the point where I want to push harder, I want to keep going farther, I love that feeling! There really isn't anything like it in the whole world. I'm excited to get back to having that feeling of accomplishment after running farther than you have ever ran in the past, because there is absolutely nothing in this entire world that compares to that feeling of pride in yourself. It's pretty fantastic.
Anyway, so I still don't have a job, the guy at Arby's is being non-committal, and a little bit of a butt....but hopefully he will decided that he wants to give me a job because I really could use the money, my textbooks next semester are going to be killer!!! I saw my neighbor the other night and he said he'd see what he could do about getting me into a pharmacy over the summer down here so that I can get Pharmacy Technician certified. That would be amazing! I would love to get some experience and I would be very excited to see if pharmacy is for sure the path that I want to take. I think it is, but I don't know for sure. I've never been a pharmacist, but keep your fingers crossed for me that he can find something for me. Here are the rest of the running quotes I have that I was going to post before but forgot. I really like the third one.
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.
It's not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.
Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day. It asks you, "Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?"
You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.
"Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body."
-Lynn Jennings
"I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought."
"I have met my hero, and she is me."
"Man imposes his own limitations, don't set any"
The greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do
Run like hell and get the agony over with
Other people may not have high expectations of me, but I have high expectations for myself.
Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can
Running is real and relatively simple…but it ain't easy.
"Running is a mental sport...and we're all insane!"
Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder
"In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that."
“I was pushed by myself because I have my own rule, and that is that every day I run faster, and try harder.”
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