Getting it out of the way

I am training to compete in the Hood to Coast Relay in August. Today I had to run 4 miles for my training. 4 miles isn't hard, but I sure wanted to sleep in instead.

Plus - the place I wanted to run was over 10 miles away and since I am really trying not to drive (and I didn't have an extra hour to take the bus) I decided to run closer to home. At first I was kind of pissy about it (sorry for the word folks, but no other word I could think of really described my attitude). So I woke up, fed the dogs, mulled around for a moment or two and then decided to just do it.

I head out and just 5 minutes in get that "oh yeah I am running baby" feeling. Happy to be outside, at 7 am, when it is still cool enough to run without wanting to die. I start noticing how many beautiful ducks are swimming in the Cherry Creek (I run the Cherry Creek Trail). People are all around me, running, biking, walking dogs. The city surely is alive this morning, and I get to be one of it's inhabitants. I get to participate in life outside today. I start feeling bad for all those drivers in their cars, missing the heartbeat of our city. I then feel bad for all those still asleep - and what they are missing by not being outside. The temperature will be over 94 today, so about noon I doubt anyone will be out and about comfortably.

This is when it hits me (not a car, or a biker for that matter - which is a blessing, because I swear one day I will get taken down by one of those bikers with their endorsement shirts spouting Gatorade or Tampax or whoever has sponsored these people to harass pedestrians on the Cherry Creek Trail) why procrastinate on the things I have to get done. It is so much easier to step up, complete the task, and start my day productively. Because statistically, the longer you put off doing the things you need to do, the bigger the tasks seems. Also, we know that when we don't do things we need to do it truly affects the quality of how we do all the other things.

SO - THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT IS THIS:
It's Monday folks. Get out of bed, the sun is shining (unless you live in Portland - sorry Katie) the birds are singing and you have things to do. What better time than right now to start your week off right.