New Perspective

It's looking more and more that the Rock n Roll marathon is going to be out of reach. I hate giving up but with recent events I have a little better perspective. I found out that the woman who was just diagnosed with breast cancer does not have stage 1 breast cancer, but stage 3c. The hospital she is staying at has a care page set up for her on which she can post blog entries. After reading what she is dealing with day to day, I feel foolish writing about how disappointed I am not to be running a marathon. Last year, this woman, Lisa, biked with me in the GRABAWR. It was hard for both of us but we did it. That's close to 500 miles biking. One day we did 90 miles. Her last entry was about having enough strength to go to Target and walk down the aisles. I can't possibly complain that I am not going to run a marathon because I can still run. I am just so thankful that I have that.
On a lighter note, I am taking a lifeguard certification class. This may sound strange to a few of you because I was a lifeguard for 5 years. That was 6 years ago so I decided to retake the class. The first night was brutal. I had to jump off a high dive. (Again, for those of you who knew me growing up, that's an incredibly big and scary deal) That obviously wasn't the only thing. It was one of the most exhausting workouts I have ever had. My legs and arms were raw and bruised from having to claw myself out of the pool. I don't know even know how many laps we swam. Last night went much better. I think it was a combination of the wind and another girl's severely bruised legs and my scraped limbs, but we didn't have to continually get out and jump back in. We'll see how tonight goes. I am throwing caution to the wind and running this morning. We were told to avoid other excercise but I am optimistic that it will be more like last night than the first night and I am itching to get out.