Its Summer, I’m Cutting

I hit the 1.5 mile this morning in 11.15, a new personal record for me…I’m not a ‘natural runner’, It’s always been something that I’ve had to bust my butt for - so 11.15 is awesome by my standards!  I’ll be hitting in the tens before the year is up.  Oh yeah…and I’m still cutting.

"Never mistake motion for action…" - Hemmingway

I had an epiphany today.  It was this - "There is no day that I’m going to wake up at 0430 and WANT to do cardio."  Groundbreaking?  Inventive? Genius?  None of the above, but I realized today that embracing the pain and discomfort of training is the only way to what I want.  The more pain and discomfort I endure, the more results I receive.  It was just somehow helpful for me to realize that there was no day that it wasn’t going to suck, but at the same time, the suck factor is the silver lining, that’s what lets you know you’re actually causing change. 

  On a side note, while I was running the thought crossed my mind that elite levels of fitness must be a lot easier for people who are ‘Obssesive Compulsive Masochists’.  What a mouthful.

What’s the difference between champ and chump?  You.  (It’s cheesy, but you know you like it.)

Cutting.  It sucks. 

If anything has become easier though, it is my morning runs, I haven’t missed one yet, something of a small accomplishment for me.  I think the running has been a great benefit, more so than the elliptical I beleive.  I am looking better and better in the mirror, I havent weighed in a week or two so I don’t know where Im at.  The diet has been very consistent, I’ve had a few cheat days but it’s been pretty much all business.  I’ll post up some more pictures pretty soon so I can continue to compare changes.

I’m tired today…so that’s all I’ve got.