Pressure

According to scientists we encounter the weight or pressure of a boiling ball on ever square inch of our bodies...and, when healthy, our internal pressure is enough to keep the system at an equallibrium. However I theorize that when you are sick, and suffering severe nasal pressure it feels as if the pressure internally succombs to burden and the multiple small bones in your head are forced to bear that pressure, hense headaches....horrible headaches that are centered around a person's nose. (and now mine)

Aphrine nasal spray is some serious stuff...after just one use, I can breathe free and clear again....but the pressure still remains... residual? is my body stressed over the constant strain of trying to keep it all together, and this headache is mearly a "phantom"?.

I digress....

Last night while in the midst of this sickness (call it what you want, FLU, cold...strangest thing is that the dog also got sick), I went to the Y and ran for an hour... more like a strange shuffle between a fact awkward walk and a moderately paced jog...my goal...that in 10 weeks time, I can run the entire 5 miles continually in less then an hour...so yesterday, I ran just under 4 in an hour... while on the machine next to me, is my dear sweet hubbie, who's legs are a good 6-12 inches longer, as he gracefully runs/walks for 30 minutes and does just over 2.6 miles... have I mentioned how I really hate him...sure he ran track and cross country when he was in school, and his muscle memory remembers the times when he ran a 6 min mile.... still.... however I will say this, it would be a great time had by all if he would run with us..not WITH us, but in the same race, and we can all talk about our experiences over some good beer and food.... something to share,....silly? probably so....

But I feel the pressure...10 weeks....12 min miles... 10 weeks...

Bring on the Challenges!

The remainder of this week has been full of its fair share of challenges... On Tuesday the challenge was to keep from getting sick during the many meetings that I had.... need not mention that I do not like getting sick in public bathrooms... After a much needed 12 hours of sleep, Wednesday was the challenge of staying on the treadmill for an hour... during that hour my mind wandered to try and keep me distracted enough to not notice the hill interval inclines that the machine was running through.... Thursday's challenge started in the afternoon and continued onto Friday, where it was fully reveiled to me as a personal interaction challenge...I have to figure out a way to either communicate better or be understood on a basic level...so this last challenge has left me with many possibilities for improvement, and I don't doubt that on my long run tomorrow, my brain will once again stray from the task of keeping my small sense of rhythm smooth, and will ponder the intricacies of this present challenge.

How do you conquer everyday challenges?

Fly on the wall

Have you sat in the corner and watched everyone else? That is exactly what I tried to do today. I noticed the interesting behaviors of those individuals that make it their daily practice to take the train to Chicago every day. I found many aspects of it humerous and also tragic. There are those individuals that strive to be the first in on the train... (ever seen adults push and shove like children when bad weather is present?) ... those individuals that cannot sit next to another person, much less someone of the same sex... there are those individuals that will humbly submit to those afore mentioned people... (There are many more that have yet been mentioned)

I suspect that we all have varing traits or degrees of these characteristics. Which poses the question, is there a more qualifying trait that you noticed today?

Knowledge is...

at times a little scary... Point being, I have knowledge that the 8K race I signed up for is only 10 weeks away. I have knowledge that the last two nights running on the Treadmill was painful, and I also have knowledge that I took off the last month from my daily strides and it is hard to get back into it.

But I feel that knowledge is more than simply knowing about something, I believe that it also has to incorporate feelings, emotions, and thoughts. I believe that our bodies are such wonderful things that the brain can perceive things long before we put a conscious thought to it, and therefor it commits these things to our brains as Knowledge. Is there a way to overpower that basic instinct of instant stimuli commitments? Because I feel like if I can, then I wouldn't mind the small minor pains of getting back into the swing of running, nor would I mind that I have only 10 weeks left to train.

What are your thoughts?