Road to Joy

I ran an easy 8:40 pace.  I had to use the treadmill to run tonight.  Ugh.  My daughter had a Dr.'s appointment in the morning so I lost my chance of running early.  There were some positive things about the treadmill run though.  One, it made freezing cold weather look down-right enjoyable and two...hmmm...two...uhhhhh...well at least I have some motivation to run numb-faced again.

I did get the treadmill with the remote control on it.  How lucky is that - I must've done something good today.  So I turned the T.V. to PBS and watched a documentary about Seabiscuit, the hero horse of the 1930's who won a big horse race after what was thought to be a career ending injury with a rider who should have been done with horses himself after some serious broken bone-age.  It was all very inspiring and made me think that maybe if I lost an arm or a leg it might be easier for me to get that sub 3 hr. goal.  Hopefully just running when it is really, really cold will do the self-sacrificing trick.  I do wonder if the girls running around me thought I was a boring old lady for having the T.V. on PBS - snoresville.

A piece of good news: I thought I might have to move out to Baltimore where I would be babysitter-less this summer in order for my daughter to get a surgery she will need.  Today I found out the surgery can be done here where we are in a place with babysitters galore.  That means a fall marathon can still be in the works for me.  Phewph!  Oh, and there will be less disruption in my children's lives and all that not-focused on me and my needs stuff.  It was a good day.