Smoking

The inspiration for this post comes from Momma Ivie over at mommaivie.blogspot.com.  This bitch is a mom, and a recent post got me thinking...can you have your cake and eat it too?

The simple answer, yes.  HOWEVER, be prepared for an uphill battle.  Myself?  I'm a social smoker.  I'm the douchecanoe you'll see at a party smoking something hip like a clove or a cheap cigar.  The day after I smoke, I find it hard to breathe after a simple mile of half-assed jogging.  I have no clever story to go with this, I just can't breathe.

But, maybe it's different for you who smoke regularly.  Is it easier to get past the shortness of breath?  Tell me! I'm dying to know!

SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK!
Monday: Happy Labor Day - you working stiffs enjoy your day off!
Tuesday - 3 miles, get ready to gear up!
Wednesday - 4 miles
Thursday - 3 miles
Friday - A reminder today is a day off.

NEW ADDITION!  HALF-MARATHON TRAINING SCHEDULE & SHORTENED MARATHON TRAINING SCHEDULE!
HALF-MARATHON:
Monday - You're resting like the rest of us.  Heh, homonym...
Tuesday - Walk 20 minutes
Wednesday - Walk 30 minutes
Thursday - Walk 20 minutes
Friday - Rest!

MARATHON SHORTENED TRAINING:  (maybe you weren't ready, but are now!)
Same as the half marathon above!

Remember, above all else, have fun.  Get retarded about running!

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Loss

There are often situations in one's life that can detract from one's goals.  I recently had a...slight misfortune, we'll call it...during the course of this last week.  I'm still suffering from it to be quite frank.  It's not fucking fair.  Life took a dump on me and now I'm covered in more shit than the bitches in that two-girls-one-cup video.

I didn't want to do anything.  I still don't.  I want to curl up in a ball while wearing my Scooby Doo pajamas and tell the world to get fucked.  But, I cant.  I've got too many people depending on me to get shit done.  Work, school, wife, fuck-trophy.  So, I must persevere.

So, what does one do when that shit is stacked against them like the Great Wall of China...without the dead bodies and angry Mongorrians on the other side.

You do it for the cause.  You can run for the kids in Africa, or lupus - it's always lupus, or DIABEETUS.  You can run for yourself.  You can run for those you lost.  You can run to forget.

Take your time to mourn.  You got this.  You're retards after all.

Weekend schedule:
Saturday - 3 miles
Sunday - 3 miles
Monday - REMEMBER TO REST!