ON DEDICATION..

This week I've been thinking about dedication.  Ambition.  Desire.  Perseverance.  Why?  Several reasons:  1)  I've gotten back into a running schedule.  After my 5k running high in July, I completely stopped running for the most part.  I did aerobics, Tae Bo, or dance-aerobics to this guy. (Boy does he make me laugh.  AB WORKOUT BABY.)  I've really enjoyed reading about JenLovesKev's weekly marathon training posts.  It motivates me, encourages me, and reminds me to continue on...

2)  At night they play this show on T.V. my dad + I watch that's basically a recap of the most memorable Olympic moments.  The name escapes me.  We watch a lot of weird late night T.V. I've noticed: America's Next Top Model, Vampire Diaries, Wrestling TLC (tables, ladders, and chairs, thank you), random Olympic shows, and the Bachelorette.  We don't actually follow these shows religiously.  Don't ask us why we even watch them in the first place.  We just do.

Anyway, it's just got me thinking about dedication and how it's 99% our mind's responsibility to motivate our butts to leap off the couch and prance around on the treadmill.  Or maybe it's to motivate us to do our homework, wash the car, or not eat another piece of cake.  It's a funny thing, our minds.  How do the cross country skiers keep going?  How do the speed skaters keep practicing?  How do the track and field runners keep racing?  It's all up there...in the mind.



Photograph:  Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, Utah