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Here's a quote I found on marathonrookie.com:
"We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon."
- Emil Zatopek, 1952 Olympic Marathon gold medalist

Yesterday, I was driving up the interstate, taking my little ballerina to class and just happened to look at the thermometer. Big mistake! Granted the van had been in the sun for a while, but it said 110 degrees! My crosstraining yesterday consisted of going to Walley World, Big Lots, Office Depot, and Fred's looking for school supplies for my son. This took an hour and a half, not counting the evening before trip to Wal-Mart for the supplies he just HAD TO HAVE on Monday for one class. Yep, he's a boy; he forgot to tell us he needed them on Monday.
Well, I found a foolproof way of making myself go run: Dress in my running clothes before taking the kids to school and then go straight to the trail. I did three miles this morning. I forgot my cell phone which has my itunes on it, so no tunes, no friends, and lots of heat equals more walking. That was hard. After running three days at Rankin Med Center, I noticed there are quite a few regulars. Two of them walk with canes. I got to thinking about how fortunate I am to be physically able to actually run. It's ironic to me that the trail goes right by the emergency room. A few times, an ambulance has pulled in with a patient. All this makes me count my blessings and realize that life isn't all bad. Usually, when I feel like life is blah, somehow someway, I hear about someone who is so worse off than I am. If you're out there in the heat running, walking, and panting, wondering why you're doing this; think about the friends or relatives you've lost or the people you know fighting a disease or are physically incapable of getting around, and know that you are doing this for your long term health and can do this in honor or memory of them. Like I've said before, my grammar stinks. You can do this. Have a great day! Another interesting quote from marathonrooke.com:

"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
- George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian