Chuck Talks, You Listen!

“The only hand that can beat a Royal Flush is Chuck Norris’ hand!”

In honor of my race.

This only makes sense if you have seen this episode or have sound. Probably one of my favorite episodes ever of Seinfeld for obvious reasons.

Discipline

I am happy to report that I made it. I ran the 5K on Sunday and I didn’t die quite or even walk although any of those would’ve felt better than the way I was feeling at the end of the run. I did it though in 33 minutes even. I know I wasn’t “faster than a speeding bullet” or anything but I didn’t finish last. The real rub about the whole run though was the last turn of every lap was a huge hill. Every time I got to that hill I wanted to give up. I probably would have if hadn’t been for my wife. Sometimes running backwards to look me in the eye and encourage me, she never let me give up.

For the longest time I have been worried about my self discipline. For some reason after I got out of college my discipline went out the window. Running last week was the first time I set a goal and reached it without giving up. That feeling was intoxicating. It suddenly made the task seem less difficult. It gave me the desire to keep going. I would have to say Friday was my break though. Up until Friday I was unable to complete the 3 miles without stopping to walk a ways. I kept trying every day but I couldn’t do it. It turned out to be more of a diet thing than a psychical inability. Apparently not eating after noon and three cups of coffee do not make you running ready. So after eating a good mid day snack and some Gatorade I was able to not only complete the three miles but I ran an extra victory lap just because I felt so good I completed my goal!

So now it is official. I am a runner. I am going to continue running after work and trying to stay in shape. Who knows I may be running the Team in Training with Becca next year. By the way thanks to all of you who supported her over the last few months. She is now running 9 miles and has exceeded her goal of $1,500 and has raised $1,967! But don’t let that keep you from giving. We are still hoping to raise as much money as possible for this great cause.