Week 8 - Challenges

This week's assignment is to write about barriers that come up... well, the one glaring me in the face right now as it's almost 1 AM are midterms/papers/projects/everything that always seems to happen at the same time. And on top of that there's work, but that's another story. That all puts a serious damper on my sleep, nonetheless my exercising.

But, I have one incentive that keeps me going - walking the dog. If I don't walk Widget, she goes insane and tears up pretty much anything that's not concrete. And I don't mean like a walk around the block. We went for a walk this morning, a hike in the afternoon (not from me, sadly) and we went to the park in the evening. She's not ever totally tired out! I used to run with her, but since I started doing longer runs, I couldn't keep up with her. She can run 8 miles and look at me when we get home like she'd like to run 8 more.

So even on days I don't get in the work out that I may have liked, I at least am getting out, getting my heart pumping, and burning some calories. That's all I can ask for when 24 hours just are enough to get everything done.



Look closely... see what I mean about crazy?