46 minutes, not just 45

Sunday, March 16.  Hey all.  Another good day.  Taught 5 lessons again, and had lots of good encounters with people.  It's amazing the reaction you get when you smile and engage people.  They generally respond.  Got a few more compliments on the had I was wearing today and it continues to make me feel very positive about my hat venture.  Fell asleep for a half an hour after work, then decided that it would be a good time to go for a run.  I hadn't run in 6 days, which is the longest break I've taken so far.

So I went to the gym and watched the end of the Bay Hill golf tournament.  Tiger won on the last hole.  Nothing new there.  I really admire his mind, and the unwavering positivity and belief in himself.  He wins because his mind is stronger than anyone else.  And he has this amazing ability to come through and execute when he really needs to.  If you are golf fans or not, we are seeing something truly amazing in what Tiger is doing.  I am not a hater.  He is one of a kind and a once in a lifetime golfer.

During the last part of my run, I listened to Joel Osteen's latest sermon podcast.  I know it's kind of corny and his message is always the same-positive and good for the soul.  It is inspirational and I enjoy listening to him.  

In my focus on the sermon and the message, I looked down and noticed that I had already run for 44 minutes.  So for today's new thing, I decided to add a minute and run 46 minutes.  Not anything revolutionary but symbolically it meant a lot and hopefully in the last two weeks of training I hope to be able to run for an hour.  That'll get me in pretty good shape for my race on March 30 in Chicago.  I'd like to finish in 45 minutes, but really anything under 55 minutes will make me happy.  We'll see.  I plan to run everyday until the race to get into race shape.  Maybe tomorrow I can extend the run to 50 minutes.  We'll see!

Until tomorrow my friends.  Smile and laugh a lot and enjoy life, okay?