Procrastination

Why is it when it comes to writing report cards I am such a procrastinator? When it comes to the majority of kids I know exactly what I want to say, I'm capable of writing it, but yet I sit staring at my laptop. I literally hang over every word, type, delete, type, ponder, delete. Hours and hours of procrastination for a child to read it once, show his/her friends and depending on their grades go home and show their parents. Parents will either like it or not and then it gets put in some memory book till said child moves away for University of after University.

Is procrastination nature or nurture? My Dad is a procrastinator and my Mother is the opposite. Is it a character law or is it that I thrive under the pressure of a deadline? I always mumble to myself that I wish I had more time to get hings done, but when given that time it is left wasted. I'm still left racing to get the job done and only slipping in under the deadline.

Running

December 8th, 2012
Time: 1:20
Distance: 16km
Conditions: cold, no wind and very slippery
Felt: Great, no fatigue or light headedness, but a bit hungry by the end of the run.

Things I Like

• Sleeping in.  

Things I Don't Like

•  I'm stating the obvious, but how quickly the weekend goes by. 

Running

Never Too Late To Restart?

As you may or may not know I enjoy running. Despite the fact I dislike the term 'passionate' I am passionate about running. I've been long distance running for approximately 15 years, I've completed 11 full marathons and a number of other races. I would some day like to run a 3h10m marathon, but a lack of commitment and motivation have gotten in the way.

 I'm trying to make a number of small changes in my life that will allow me to take a genuine shot at attaining this goal. Some of these goals are running a half/full marathon clinic, running outdoors throughout the winter regularly, I work at a running store and I have become more motivated.

There are also a variety of hurdles if you will that are standing in my way. Some of these hurdles are lack of time, the half/full marathon clinic (please refer to time if you don't understand this dilemma) and I need to cut back on beer and red wine.

I think chronicling my running may be an extrinsic motivator when it comes to developing my commitment to 3:10 and I feel like writing more, so this is what this very outdated blog is going to do.

I have not posted on this blog n who knows how long and there are significant changes in my life since I last posted. The following are the bigger ones.. new girlfriend, new house, new country, new job, different group of friends and I am much older and not really that much wiser.

This has been a rather serious post, most will not be, but rather they will be cynical and hopefully somewhat humorous. They will also chronicle my running and some post will only be about a run. This may be boring to most of you (not that anyone is actually going to read this), but I don't care.

Running

December 7th, 2012
Time: 1:05
Distance: 13.5km
Conditions: cold, no wind and very slippery
Felt: Great, no fatigue or light headedness at the start of the run.

Things I Like

• No work on today so that I can write report cards.

Things I Don't Like

• Report card writing.