GFTW 8: Early Morning Run IS my Therapy

  

This morning as I ventured out for my long endurance run, I was reminded again on how therapeutic an outdoor long run can be. It was early, so it was just me, my Garmin above, and the open road. For ninety minutes, I was brought to a zone of meditation where I was alone with my breath and thoughts. It gave me uninterrupted 'Me' time. I processed ideas, had revelations, and questions, all while glancing at the scenery (and my pace watch;-). The run was like a true therapy session, except it was free and I had the high of the endorphin rush to carry me through the day. aahhh...


And now for my Goals for the Week:
Mom: write one blog post on the kid's blog. I created this blog ~1 yr ago for me to use as my form of a scrapbook. And uh....I've only put in maybe 5 entrees. I wanna start doing it again, so I'm starting with baby steps in getting 1 post done
Athlete: Complete all the yards for my 3 swims this week. I always seem to talk myself out of the last 2-500 yds of it...
Health: Our Hawaii trip and Lavaman tri is 4 weeks away, and I wouldn't mind feeling a lil' more svelte for the trip. Soo...want to carve a few of my daily calories and I'm seeing that with having seltzer water and eating my dessert s.l.o.w.l.w.y will help.
Wife: Plan a date nite this week
Personal Growth: Be mindful of my posture. Shoulders back and head up;-)


As always, I write these on a bookmark I keep in my organizer and attempt to read it each morning as I plan my day. Oh, and I've been asked if I get bummed if I don't meet my goals, and the short answer is No. I often come up a bit short with a few of them, but I create them as daily reminders for what I'm striving to be/or do here in this thing here we call life.;-)
Okay- I'd love to hear how you go about the week too! peace out!