Commitment Is Everything.

"Commitment to the body machine.  It was as critical as the commitment to the goal itself."

- Richard Christian Matheson, "Third Wind"

Counting Down....

26 days. 26 miles.

Life Is Good.

Nothing but good news!  The MRI results showed that I have fluid under my right knee, but this is something I can handle with the aid of physical therapy.  Only five more weeks.  Life is good.

The Waiting Game....

As I sit here and wait for my MRI results to tell me the diagnosis of my knee injury, I can not help but focus on the many countless thoughts that are running through my head.  I ask myself everyday what it is that I want to accomplish in these next months.  It is easy; I want to pass my nursing boards and I want to run the marathon.  I am not giving myself a choice on either of these, since I WILL accomplish both.  It is hard for me to explain how difficult this setback has been.  I have dedicated myself to an incredible training schedule, and it is now the daily, constant focus of my life and I would not want it any other way.  As I sit here and wait, with these endless thoughts running through my head, one thought stands out above the rest.  I am running the Boston Marathon in 37 days, 21 hours, 7 minutes and 17 seconds.  But hey, who is really counting?