Finish and Start

I stumbled upon this quote this evening...

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." John Bingham, running speaker and writer

...I think it's pretty profound.

BUT it's not so profound for me personally. I start lots of things. Like painting my living room and kitchen over July 4th week...the trim still has to be painted, the fireplace...what a mess!, the registers are still sitting on my kitchen chair, along with the paint cans sitting next to my kitchen counter! So you see, my problem is finishing projects. Which reminds me of the three loads of laundry that are piled on my dresser waiting to be folded and put away...Ooopsie!

I have to say that so far I've been pretty darn diligent about following my marathon training plan.

I've planned my runs and run my plan.

I have realized that I love running. But I HATE training!

And I've found that I LOVE long runs! Who'd have thought? I'd much rather run six or seven miles than two or three.

And with that...gotta get ready for tomorrow. It's gonna be a long day that will conclude with a nine mile run. :)