Good to be Back

I am off from work today and I was staring at my textbook completely unmotivated so I decided this blog would be better use of my time.  I have been going to school for the majority of my life and I cannot get myself to focus anymore.  I frequently take breaks from school work to run or work out instead.  How I have managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA when I am constantly submitting papers at the very last second is a mystery to me.  I think the fact that I will soon be paying for my masters degree that I cannot even use until my kids are in school is the source of my lack of motivation.  On the upside, it means I get more workouts in.  This has been the first week of 2013 that I have not been sick so I got all my workouts in.  I went to HIIT 5 times and I have the sore muscles to prove it.  I also ran 4 times, mostly on the treadmill, but there was 1 day that was mild enough to run outside.  I never run on Friday nights, but I will be doing a longer run this weekend.  I am going to start building my long runs soon for the ultra.  I am starting at an hour and adding 15 minutes each week to my long run.  I was writing my training schedule on my calendar the other day and I had a minor panic attack thinking about running 50 miles, but I pulled myself together.  I am sure that there will be many more in the future, especially when it gets closer to October.  I just have to keep reminding myself that I can do this.  When I was younger, my father told me that I could do anything as long as I worked hard for it and I believed him.  He has always been my greatest role model.  He taught me about hard work and determination.  I was never allowed to quit anything I started and I am grateful for that.  If I say that I am going to run an utlra, then you can bet your ass that I am going to cross that finish line.