Day of rest

Quite literally, today was my day of rest and is you take out the grocery shopping trip, rest is exactly what I did. It actually felt great to not do anything! Since I have absolutely nothing to report on, I want to share some parts of my training book with you. I started it last night and found myself to inspired and motivated to do this. I have decided I am not just doing this for myself and for my health but because of my health for Ben and Connor too.

Here is what Jon Ackland, who wrote Beginner's Half Marathon Trainer, said that had me so inspired and reminded me it was much more than running.

"...here is another way to think about the meaning of life: life will only be meaningfull to you if you do (or experience) meaningful things. As we get older, it is easier to let our horizons shrink, our boundaries contract and our limitations multiply. In short, we do less, feel less, experience less. When you decide to do something like a half-marathon , for a lot of you it's going to be way outside your current limits. And to go there, you have to go into the territory of fear and uncertainty. Don't let this worry you- that's what a big challenge is all about."