Uphill Process

2.44 miles in under 20 minutes! I used to be able to run that fast.

After vegetating on the couch for entirely too long, I felt the urge to go for a bike ride to get my blood flowing. Life was good on this beautiful day in Alaska! Once I got out on the road, it only took me about 30 seconds to remember that I have seriously neglected my fitness. Pedaling up an almost level road took work! Holy crap! I was just past a mile away when I decided 2 miles would be good for today. I turned around and headed back, thinking to myself that I would take the long way back.

As I pedaled, I felt that familiar tiredness of someone who was too accustomed to sitting around collecting dust. I thought to myself, "I'm going to take the shorter route." This started an old response that I forgot about years ago! I told myself, "This is easy!" Going the longer way was not difficult at all! It was simply more work. I said it again. "This is easy!" I refused to take the shorter route!

All I have to do to accomplish anything in life is to keep going until I get there. Essentially, everything is easy! I used to run five miles a day, three times a week. The only thing that has changed is that I stopped doing it. For me, everything is easy! To much of my life has been, "I know how to do that. It's easy. I am not interested any more." Well that does not work when I am gaining weight and losing muscles! It doesn't work anywhere else, either. It is Time! Time to go do the easy stuff!

The only thing that is not easy is facing myself! Ah, but that's a subject for a different post!