Sense of Urgency with NO EXCUSES

I am at a conference this week and really had to work hard to fit in the workouts, BUT I DID.

I did all three workouts this week Tuesday, Wednesday (only ran 30 minutes but it was not 3 miles) and Thursday and even got to run outside in warm weather with no snow. It was great.

I think I may be building up a little stamina. I am not dying when I go out although I am still pretty slow. But today I did my 3 miles (1.5 on eliptical and 1.5 on treadmill-since is was pouring rain in 30 minutes) and felt OK.

A few of the speakers I heard this week talked of the sense of "urgency" we as educators need to feel to help our students to learn. They also went on to say there are "no excuses" our charge is to teach them all.

I happen to agree with these speakers and think these words not only fit into education but also into my training for this race.

Goal for the rest of the week...stretch after each workout. Make it through the 6.5 miler on Saturday. YIKES!