"I'm busy gettin' stronger"

MANTRA:  Busy Getting Stronger


I have taken some time off since the half marathon.  Not the full 3 weeks since my last post but enough that I have to get back on track if I am going to run in July.  Well, not "if" because I AM going to run in July.  It is funny how fast you lose progress.  Guess the saying is true "If ya dont use it, you lose it" or something like that....Anyways I ran almost 7 miles today.  Truth be told I wanted to stop at mile 4 but a song was playing.  It's called "Getting Stronger" by Sara Evans.  It's a heart break song which luckily doesn't apply to me but there is a line in the song that I just really REALLY love its "I'm busy gettin' stronger" .  Upon hearing that line I strengthened my resolve to complete todays running to do list which was 6 miles and I ran 6.84 miles.  Would have went to 7 but I really had to pee. 
I just have to stay busy getting stronger.  It's important.  There is not any other way to keep racing and certainly there is no other way to improve,  Just have to keep working at it.  Keep trying to improve.  Keep being consistent and keep going forward. 
I get how lucky I am to have the time to do this and so I won't be wasteful of that time.
Most importantly though, I will ENJOY all of this running.  I will still have lazier runs when I wrangle with the dogs or go with a friend and end up catching up with each other.  I am ALWAYS going to completely enjoy the wonderful company of my husband when he goes walking with me, which will be more often with good weather on the way. 
There is one more part to that song that I also really love it's this:  "Even on my weakest days, I get a little bit stronger"  Man, I wish it wasn't about heart break I would so make it my running anthem!