1 run done.....91 to go....

Today I think will be the hardest day, only because it was the day I decided to get out and go. I had the morning off of work, and my bed and PJ's seemed so much more appealing, but I got out there and ran my first 2 miles. It felt good to get out again, I know it wasn't a great run, in fact I ran/walked it, but I did it and that's the first step. Short post today, I'm going to try to remember to update it as much as possible though.

Quote of the day: "It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task, which, more than anything else, will affect it's successful outcome." William James

Starting Over with a new Challenge

Open up your eyes
Awake, arise
Love like a hand reaches down
And pulls us up from the dirty ground

Now is the time
To step from the dark into the light
Cause you can’t change what you’ve done
But you can choose who you’ll become

Every moment is a second chance
At starting over, at starting over
Move from the past to the present tense
You can start over, start over again

If you feel ashamed
Of the choices that you’ve made
You can be whole again
And return to your innocence

Every moment is a second chance
At starting over, at starting over
Move from the past to the present tense
You can start over, start over again

Yesterday is gone
Today is all you’ve got
You don’t have to be who you’ve been
You can change within
It’s never too late
To start over again

Every moment is a second chance
At starting over, at starting over
Move from the past to the present tense
You can start over, start over again

I've blogged about this song, I've blogged about starting over and that "this time I'm really going to do it" but again I've found myself starting over again. I'm tired of the excuses of school and work, I'm tired of not following through, and I'm tired of having to start from point A all over and over again. Every moment is a second chance though, I CAN start over, it's never too late. I'm using this moment, to start over and this time I'm really going to do it. I have challenged myself from now until May 1, to complete 4 races in ascending order, starting with a 5k and ending with a full marathon. 23 weeks, 4 races, 48.6 miles of racing and over 400 miles of training. Tomorrow is my first day of training, my first 2 miles, my starting over point. This time I'm going to do it. This time I'm doing it for myself. This time I want accountability. I'm blogging not to brag about what I'm going to accomplish or to say look what I'm doing, but to be real, and keep myself going and with the hopes that people will read and ask me about my training. That way I have no excuse not to do it. I don't want to tell anyone that I haven't done my run for the day or I stopped training. I'm excited and ready for a challenge.