Marathon?

It's been ages since I last posted. Things have been pretty busy in my world, or at least pretty busy in terms of head space occupied. While I love the degree that I just finished earning, I don't think that it is going to take me anywhere. That makes me sad, but once I came to terms with it I launched into a new set of thoughts. I realized that I hate sitting behind a computer all day doing work that may benefit people, but never seeing those results. I will wither quickly if I stick with it, so I need a change of course. Now I'm thinking of pursuing my teaching license for elementary and middle school. I'm not sure what I'd teach yet. I'll let you know when I figure that out.

I'm not sure how this blog plays into that change. It may simply mean that I'll be more focused on the Miscellany and on myself than broader motivation. If I think of anything to talk about in terms of motivation in general, I might....just for the heck of it. This means I'll be using it as more of a "me" blog. My husband and I have a "we" blog so this will be different from that. If you want to check it out, you can. It's www.adventuresofwe.blogspot.com.

So what's this about a marathon you say? Well, Joe and I are pondering a marathon again. We started training for one last year and between Joe's bum knee, and my crappy hip and foot, we didn't make it very far. We certainly learned some good lessons in the meantime. Now we're armed with shoes especially for us, a lot more knowledge, and lots of physical therapy exercises. Hopefully we'll be more successful this time. We have one more hoop to jump through before we really commit though. Joe has to go to the Dr. to get approved to run. Apparently his back is broken (don't worry; it was that way for years and they only noticed when they did an x ray for another minor issue). His quack of a Dr. in AK told him he should never run. We haven't followed those instructions very well because he was such a quack, but we figured that he might not be wrong about everything and it might be worth a second opinion before we really increase our mileage.

All in all though, we're excited. I'm more excited for our runs because they may actually lead to something and they are more challenging. Ooh-there's some motivation for you. Goal setting and optimal challenge! I love learning the extent of my capabilities and exceeding my own expectations. I hope I keep loving it! The other part that thrills me, oddly enough, is that there's lots of research to be done. What do I need to know? How should I fuel? Everyone talks about carbohydrates. Do they mean whole grains or not? I usually eat whole grains and think of white flour as the same thing as sugar. Am I wrong here? You get the idea. I like answering an answerable question. It's the unanswerable ones that bother me.

I'll keep updating on how we progress, or don't!