Day 3 - 4 miles

"Time is a created thing. To say "I don't have time" is to say "I don't want to." - Lao Tzu

Miles Ran: 8 Dollars Raised: $100

As you can see on the time stamp of this puppy, today has been a LONG day. Enjoyable, enriching...but long. Since I just started assisting the girls basketball team at school today (which went great, and is funny to be addressed as "Coach Shirley") I go into work a little earlier than usual, then had practice, then an alumnae book discussion event, then a 4 mile run staring me in the face on my calendar. All the more reason to run faster and get to bed I guess!

One thing about writing this blog, even if no one but myself reads it, is I feel accountable. My friends and I always talk about "putting it out there!" (insert hand motions to the sky here) When you have a goal, tell the world, and then when someone says, "hey Sam, how's your training going?" I can confidently tell them it's great without having to stretch the truth or pretend that I'm sticking to a schedule when I'm not.

The book discussion was so much more than I expected in many ways. I was really impressed with the way people were able to open up in the group. For the most part in this blog I'm going to try to stick to running rather than personal/work life, but I have to talk about this event because afterward, when I asked the author if she's running the marathon (she had mentioned she's a marathoner) she said she was on the fence, but then said, "well... where do you live?!" as if she couldn't resist the possibility of running with a partner. That's the thing about runners, I find, is it can be a lonely road, and we're constantly looking for people to run with. Which is part of the reason I was so excited to join a team and make new friends and running buddies. It would be nice to have someone to talk to along the way who's going through the same things you are. Only once, since March, have I found someone to run with, and it made the 12.5 mile run go by so much faster. Hopefully I'll be able to work something out with this very interesting author, as I already know she can tell an amazing story.

Off to bed!