December 4, 2007 (Posted December 6, 2007)

Since my last journal I have been plugging away.  I’m still on the comeback trail to getting fit and every week things are getting better.  I know I have plenty of time and if I were a coach, I would be fine with where I am.  But as the athlete, it is hard to stay calm. 

I feel like when I give advice it is so much easier to know and believe that what I am advising is the best logic.  But when it comes to practicing what I preach, the logic is hard to swallow.  Saying I know I have time to get fit and believing it is my biggest obstacle right now.  The best reminder I am given is when asked if I am in pain, I finally can say “NO,” and that in itself keeps me ticking everyday.  If I can just get my legs under me while staying healthy, the sky is the limit! 

I remember in the winter of 2004, when I was in Duluth watching Katie’s boyfriend compete in this crazy race called Red Bull Crashed Ice, I was out for my long run the next morning when I saw a Bald Eagle.  I stopped and just stared at it and sang to myself the Star Spangled Banner thinking about what it would feel like to be in the Olympics.