Apologies

Well, it's been 25 days since my last blog entry. It's a good time to apologize for my absence on the blog as well as from training. It has not been an easy time; I lost my sister, and adjusting to that reality has been more than a little weird. Thank goodness for family who support and love one another.

I have not logged one single mile since my last post, I'm sorry to say. I've missed out on the last three team saturdays, as well. I've been eating too much, thinking too much and generally been in a funk. Time to pull myself up by my bootstraps!

I'm going to get back on the treadmill this evening. The weather is just too nasty to summon up any interest in training outdoors. We've had so much rain in the past 24 hours I feel as though I'm standing under a waterfall.

Have you ever been in a position where your head wants something very badly, yet your body seems to be thwarting your every effort to make some forward progress? Well, that's the spot I'm in right now. Training for me is painful, and no matter how I try to mentally overcome it, my body sends constant reminders with every moment and every step. Yuck. Try to find some motivation in that!! I think the trick is to not think about it very much...as Nike says, "Just do it."

I could really use some encouragement, hint, hint. Pen some comments on the blog so I can read them and recapture my incentive to do this. It's true, I am trying to raise money for the Arthritis Foundation, but more importantly, I want to help my fellow ASers feel as though they 1) aren't alone, 2) can accomplish something special even when afflicted with ankylosing spondylitis, and 3) inspire those with AS and their families that life with AS is worth living. Maybe at the same time it will serve to remind me, as well.

I'll be back here tomorrow; I hope you will too. Keep movin - rest is rust!