It's not gonna happen...?? Days to go

My predicition of me faulting on this goal has come to fruition. I just can't keep up the training. I've tried getting up early in the morning, but after going to bed around 12am-1am, a 5am wake up for an hour run, followed by a full days of work, then another night of research/studying for my college classes, and preparing for the next school day--well, it is just not working.

I am going to try to run occassionally, but not to the level I once thought I would. Perhaps the 2010 St. Jude Marathon will work out better with my life. I just need to finish this masters and be effective at work. And to do that, it will take up time that I would have spent training.

I suppose I could do it, but I am just too mentally weak to think I could do all this in these few months.

Well, I'll try to stay updated on here and let you know if a miracle happens and I start training rigorously somehow.

Until then...bye.

--Jason

Can I rebound??...103 Days to go

So I have not ran since last Wednesday, today is Monday. Hopefully I run tonight, but I'm going to our school's first football game and I have all this school prep work to continue. Tomorrow is the first day of school!! Plus, I started my two graduate classes today. Ooooooooh, I don't know...I need to figure out how to get my running in or I won't make it to Memphis. I was in Wichita this weekend, so that's my excuse there, but I still could have figured it out.

We will see is all I can say, I just have all these other priorities and I suppose I am not managing my time well enough. The solution that I really believe in is getting up an hour earlier and doing my runs, but that would also involve me going to bed earlier and it is just tough for me turn in before 10pm. We will see...WE WILL SEE!!

And so it begins...107 Days to go

So no running today...Just TOOOO much is going on. Was at school today from 8am-8pm basically due to working on my curriculum and then a welcoming dinner at night. Then tonight I need to complete lots of school stuff and I just can't go waste an hour running. I guess I could, but without running I will be up until 1-2am anyways. So I just can't see myself taking care of my little running adventure when I have bigger priorities to take of.

I plan to run tomorrow though, then Saturday will be the off day and the long run on Sunday since I will be in Wichita this weekend. Ooookay, start saying some prayers that I can manage these things. Every thing is about to GO CRRRRRAZY!!

Doubt is building...108 Days to go

So I ran about 2.5 miles today, it took 24:05. Knowing it was a 2-3 mile day, I started off SOOOO confident because that seemed so easy, but I really began to struggle after the first mile. I did not walk at all though, so I'm proud of that. 2 minutes into my run my heart started hurting again, I slowed down a little but just kept going. After about 8 minutes the pain went away.

So yeah, my confidence is really lacking. It is just SUUCH a mental toll to look at my training and seeing that in just a few weeks I am suppose to be doing 7-8 mile runs 3x a week!! It is just hard to believe that I will be doing that when my longest run has only been 5.5 miles. Beyond that, the time committment behind running 7-8 miles during the week is tough!! I RRRREALLY need to manage my time brilliantly to make this happen. I don't know, we'll see...3-4 miles tomorrow I have.

Also, since Brooke and I will be going to Wichita this weekend I'll have to adjust my schedule. Therefore, Friday will not be an off day and I will run the easy 2-3 miles. Then take Saturday off and run 6 miles on Sunday and back to cross training on Monday--or so that's the plan!!

All right, let's hope I can mentally do it tomorrow!! I guess just taking it one day at a time is the approach to take.

PAID the school bill

Around 12:00pm today I paid for the courses!! LOTS OF MONEY!! I better follow through on my committment and get this accomplishment!! If I do, then I'll have a BIIIIG party to celebrate!!

Course accepted!!

Memphis has accepted this course and hopefully after I get an "A" in the course they will accept the transfer!! Easy 2-3 mile run today. I'll let you know how it goes.

Ahhhh...some relief

I don't think I have ever experienced relief when I'm about to fork over $1500 for a college course and then having many sleepless nights completing the work for the course. BUUUUT I think I have found the class I need to complete my Masters!! I'll give you final confirmation tomorrow when Memphis let's me know if it is okay!! Hopefully Memphis will follow through on their word and allow this course to transfer!! Jeesh--it only took me about 6 hours of searching tonight to find it!! Ridiculous!! Ahhhh...G'night!!