(ex. update, morning dog walk on a chilly morning, 3 miles, ytd walk 144.5 miles.  Pm jog 1.6 miles, ytd run 196.4 miles.  Now 13 miles behind where I want to be to finish 2021 miles in 2021)

 

     (daily ex. update, 3 walks = 5 miles, ytd walk 141.5 miles.  Run 0.5 miles in am, 5 miles in pm, ytd run 194.8 miles.  Catching up, now only 12 miles behind schedule.  I won a pair of Brooks shoes in a drawing this morning.  Motivation!)

I love Mary Oliver's poetry

 “I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers

flow in the right direction, will the earth turn

as it was taught, and if not how shall

I correct it?

Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,

can I do better?

Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows

can do it and I am, well,

hopeless.

Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,

am I going to get rheumatism,

lockjaw, dementia?

Finally, I saw that worrying had come to nothing.

And gave it up. And took my old body

and went out into the morning,

and sang.”

Mary Oliver - I Worried.

(daily ex. update, morning walk 1.5 miles with dog, walk ytd 136.5 miles. Pm jog 2.5 miles, ytd run 189.3 miles. 16 miles behind.)

 

(daily ex. update,shoveled snow 60 min. Walked dog 0.6 miles, ytd walk 135 miles.  Pm tm 3.1 miles, ytd run 187.8 miles.   Now 13 miles behind where I should be to run/walk 2021 miles in 2021).

 

(daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2.5 miles, ytd walk 134.4 miles.  Pm tm 4.5 miles, ytd run 184.7 miles.  Still 11 miles behind where I need to be.)

“Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.” ― Haruki Murakami

 

(daily ex. update, am run 3.6 miles with dog, pm tm 2.23 miles in memory of Ahmaud Arbery, ytd run total 180.2 miles.   also walked 2.2 miles, ytd walk 131.9 miles. 12 miles behind where I should be)

"When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it." Boris Pasternak

 (ex. update, pm jog 3.1 miles, ytd total 174.4 miles.  am dog walk 3.5 miles, ytd walk 129.7 miles.)

 “Dig deep and empower yourself today. Stand in your inner strength. Be uniquely you.”

Amy Leigh Mercree

(shared from Ravenous Butterflies)

(daily ex update, morning dog walk 1.5 miles, icy out. ytd walk 126.2 miles. pm jog 1.4 miles, ytd 171.3 miles)

 (ex. update, pm jog 1.6 miles streak saver, ytd 169.9 miles.  Morning 2 walks 5 miles, ytd walk 124.7 miles. Still 12 miles behind where I should be.)

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” Beverly Sills

 (daily ex. update, pm tm 4.6 miles, ytd 168.3 miles.  Morning dog walk 3.5 miles, ytd 119.7 miles.)

The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family. Mother Teresa

 (daily ex. update, shoveled snow for 60 min. followed by 2 mile dog walk. ytd walk 116.2 miles.  pm jog 2.1 miles, ytd run 163.7 miles)

Always be like water and flow.

      Just waiting impatiently for springtime.

(daily ex. update pm jog 2.3 miles, ytd 161.6 miles.  Morning walk with dog 1.7 miles, ytd walk 114.2 miles.)

Excellent question

 

(daily ex update, pm tm 1.5 miles, ytd 159.3 miles.  Morning dog walk 3 miles, ytd walk 112.5 miles)

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.” Kahlil Gibran

 

(daily ex. update, pm tm 4 miles, ytd run 157.8  miles.  Morning dog walk 1.5 miles, ytd walk 109.5 miles. I'm falling behind, but hopefully when the weather warms up I can catch up.)

Best quote ever!

 

 (ex. update pm streak saver 1.6 mile jog, ytd 153.8 miles.  Morning walk 1 mile with dog, -8 degrees)

 “Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”

Margaret Atwood - The Penelopiad

(daily ex. update, pm tm 3.3 miles, ytd 152.2 miles. Morning dog walk 0.7 miles, zero degrees and flurries, ytd walk 107 miles. I am falling behind on my goal to run/walk 2021 miles this year, but hopefully when spring arrives.......)

Dinner tonight.....

 

     Baby, it's cold outside!

Just a reminder, here's a link to 9 herbs and spices that reduce inflammation.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/anti-inflammatory-herbs?utm_source=Six+Minute+Mile&utm_campaign=484903b355-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_28_03_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6e5b2f993e-484903b355-6774878

(daily ex. update, pm tm 3.1 miles, ytd run 148.9 miles.  Morning walk with dog 0.5 miles in 3 degree temps, ytd walk 106.3 miles.)

Run like you love yourself

      Know that sometimes loving yourself involves tough love.

      The ATRA or American Trail Running Association chose Resilience as their theme for this year. I think that is an awesome theme for all of us right now.

     Fun fact: Some assume pirates wore eye patches to cover a missing eye or an eye that was wounded in battle, but in fact, an eye patch was more likely to be used to condition the eye so the pirate could fight in the dark. ... This would allow them to instantly see in the dark.

(daily ex. update, pm tm 2.5 miles, ytd 145.8 miles.  Morning chilly dog walk 3.2 miles, ytd walk 

105.8 miles.)

     

 "And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal. And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed."

Kitty O'Meara - And The People Stayed Home.

(daily ex. update, tm 5.1 miles, ytd run 143.3 miles. 1.5 cold miles am dog walk, ytd walk 102.6 miles)

 

(daily ex. update, pm tm 3.5 miles, ytd run 138.2 miles.  Morning walk with my dog 3.2 miles, ytd walk 101.1 miles.)

Ha Ha Ha Ha

 

(daily ex. update, tm run 6.5 mi., ytd run 134.7 miles. Morning windy gusty walk with dog 2.5 miles, ytd walk 97.9 miles.  I'm trying to catch up on miles for my goal of running/walking 2021 miles in 2021)  

 

(daily ex. update, morning tm virtual Super Bowl 5 k 3.1 miles, ytd run 128.2 miles.  Walk 2 miles am with dog, 2.1 miles tm pm.  ytd walk 95.4 miles.  Chilly and super windy day.)

And a woman too.....

 

A man is as old as his arteries

This quote was written more than three centuries ago! The originator, Thomas Sydenham (10 September 1624 – 29 December 1689), was an English physician. He was the author of Observationes Medicae which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrates’.

(ex update, pm jog 1.6 miles, ytd 125.1 miles.  Morning walk 4.3 miles, ytd walk 91.3 miles.)

Words by Maya Angelou for Black History Month

 

“You see, we may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are. So that we can see, oh, that happened, and I rose. I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away—I rose right where I'd been knocked down. And then that's how you get to know yourself. You say, hmm, I can get up! I have enough of life in me to make somebody jealous enough to want to knock me down. I have so much courage in me that I have the effrontery, the incredible gall to stand up. That's it. That's how you get to know who you are.”
—Maya Angelou 

(daily ex update, pm tm run 4 miles, ytd 123.5 miles.  Morning walk with dog 3 miles, ytd walk 87 miles. Note to self, I'm falling behind if I plan on running/walking 2021 miles this year.) 

  (daily ex. update, pm jog 1.2 miles, ytd 119.5 miles.  AM walk 2.8 miles with dog.)

 

QUOTE BY ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO

Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.

Know your roots

 

(Daily ex. update, am jog with dog, ytd  118.3 miles.  Warm up/cool down walk 1 mile, ytd walk 81.2 miles.) 

Life is hard

 

(daily ex.update, pm 1.5 miles, ytd 113.1 miles.  No walk, ytd remains 80.2 miles)

Parents grow up too

 

(daily ex. update, run 3.6 miles in am with dog, run 4 miles tm pm, ytd 111.6 miles.  Walk 1.2 miles am with dog, walk 1.2 miles pm tm, ytd  80.2 miles.)