Day Sixty-Five - The Tigers Came

I was told a story a long time ago about tigers and goals.  Whenever you set a goal you start along the path to accomplish that goal.  At first you are walking, enjoying the flowers, breathing the clean air.  Then you realize you can go faster and start jogging.  At first you are trying to catch your breath, but within a few strides you are able to breathe evenly and can again enjoy the view.  You get you second wind and now you are really cruzing.  Nothing can stop you the end in still far but it is getting closer with every energetic step.  Suddenly, out onto the path jumps a tiger and the way is barred by sharp teeth and even sharper claws.  You screetch to a halt and back pedal as fast as you came.  With the tiger hot on your tail you come to a cliff and have to make a decision to jump or be kitty food.  You jump and, thankfully, catch onto a branch.  But the tiger is still up above pacing, waiting for you to give up.  Now you have to figure another way out of this mess.

This is, of course, an anology to goals.  Usually, we start out just fine, but then the tigers (illness, death, life's trials) come (they can be good tigers too - weddings, projects, etc.).  When they come you MUST deal with them immediately and sometimes that sets you back in your goal.  But you must find another way around so that you can keep on trying to accomplish that thing you set our to do.

For me .... the tigers came in the form of projects.  Yes, I created them and I made them, but the projects plus all the seemingly little things of life, left me running backwards and out of time.  So my Daily Mile report is less than stellar, BUT my resolve to "find a way around the tigers" is growing steadily. 

One great milestone I reached on March 1st - Day Fifty-Nine - was run/walking 3 miles - Woo Hoo!  I will keep that up.  Probably everyother day, because I need to change eating habits and stregthen my core or I will gain more tigers (back, knee, and joint problems)

My report:
Days Fifty-three--Fifty-Fifty-eight - 2X @ Rec Center running a total of 3 miles and walking 2
Days Fifty-nine--Sixty-Five - 2X@ Rec Center running a total of 3 1/2 miles and walking 2

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