Thursday, Feb. 2

Well, blame week one of 1/2 marathon training starting, but I've been spending lots of time reading running blogs and came upon these two quotes by John "The Penguin" Bingham. I read his book No Need For Speed last semester and it helped me out so much! I'm not a particularly fast runner and I'm working on learning to appreciate running just for the sake of running, not for doing it fast. Bingham focuses (in case you hadn't guessed it from his nickname) on running for the enjoyment of it, not the speed. He talks a lot about how to make sure you feel good and take care of yourself while running. He stresses how you should run a race because you want to be running, not because you want to beat everyone else (although if some PR's happen, that's awesome too). Reading almost anything he says always makes me feel really encouraged and proud of myself for starting to run. I leave you with two of my favorites from him. "If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run." "Our running shoes are really erasers. Every step erases some past failure. Every mile brings us closer to a clean slate. Each foot strike rubs away a word, a look, or an event which led us to believe that sucess was beyond our grasp."

Tuesday, Jan. 31

Well, I restarted this blog just in time! Tuesday was A GREAT DAY!! Lots of little things just kept going right throughout the day! 1) It was day 3 of Week 1 of training for the 1/2 marathon I'm doing in April and since it was only 2 miles, I wanted to push myself extra hard and I sure did! I did my two miles in a little over 18 minutes! The last quarter mile was a little rough, but knowing that I had more than met my goal (under 10 minutes) made it super worth it! 2) My future is slowly, but surely starting to take shape and I found one heck of an awesome school that has a hall director opening. I heard about the school having an opening a few weeks ago, but for the first time yesterday I sat down and really took a look at everything it had to offer and I just about fell in love! The school is in Oregon (beautiful!) and is smaller (something I like) and lets you work in other offices (hello Disability Services)! Plus, they have a pet policy and as anyone who knows me is aware, adopting a dog is a big goal of mine for the near future! 3) The Law of Higher Education class that I'm taking is getting better and better each class and yesterday was no exception. We had great discussion and luckily the professor is happy to let class go in almost any direction, so they tend to be helpful and fun. The class is very different than any other higher education class I've taken and I think law is an area that sparks my interest, so it makes class pretty great. Hope you've found a reason that makes today great!