I’ve been here before in several of my restarts.  I’m sore from yesterday’s 2 mile jog at a blistering 11:14 pace.  To my credit I had two very heavy children in the jogging
stroller on a hilly neighborhood run but, no excuse, that’s 6 minutes off the pace!  But, as Andy Mac reminded me yesterday, there will be a lot of “swallowing of pride.”

As I look out into the cold dark sky with a hot cup of coffee, I’m reminded why these reboots are so painful.  I’m out of shape, it’s cold and I would rather read the paper on my iPad and drink coffee.  Lack of will power?  You bet!  So, today I’ll overcome this with the simple fear of shame that comes from social media.  A lot of people were so encouraging yesterday that I couldn’t possibly take a day off now, already?!  So, I’ve got my shoes on…here we go!

There is a lot of swallowing of pride and many harsh realizations out there on the roads- we will never be as fast as we were, or even be able to run as hard as we once did.” – Andy Mac