(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.)