No Train, No Gain

I have quite a few very random, very unrelated thoughts swimming around in my head that I believed, in a moment of caffeinated delusion, would make a perfectly arbitrary blog that you who are reading this could easily be tricked into... well, reading. So, here they are, in no particular order:

(DISCLAIMER: Please accept my pre-emptive apologies for the potential time you will have wasted reading this. I promise the future of my blog is significantly brighter.)

At 8:00 this morning, I had a full cup of strongly caffeinated coffee made by some spanish-speaking country. It has been five hours since then and the effects have not yet worn off. Those who know me well understand how crazy and energized caffeine makes me and could possibly be laughing at the way my writing style closely resembles my stream of consciousness while affected by said drug. This behavior leads me to believe that I should reserve my spanish coffee exclusively for race days. (And maybe my birthday, just for fun.)

I am thoroughly enjoying the shirt I'm wearing today! It is soft, warm, and loose-fitting. I won't lie, I bought it from the little boys' section at Kohl's. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I would like to get another one just like it, but in black. (This one is white.)

I still really like Relient K.

There's another shirt in the Kohl's boys' section that I would like. It's an athletic shirt that says "No Train No Gain." Seems fitting. (hehe) Or maybe I could just make myself a sign that says that.

I just watched a series of promotional videos for the Spartan Race (http://www.spartanrace.com/), and I am PUMPED! The Spartan Race is a series of muddy, trail running obstacle courses of varying distances that are held all over America, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The obstacles are insanely tough and you really would have to have the heart of a Spartan to do it. I think people who try them must be madmen and women; and I wonder if I'm mad enough to be able to endure it...

I signed up for a 10k run!!! You might think I'm crazy, but you didn't just watch videos about the Spartan Race. A 10k should be a cakewalk compared to that!
Still, it will be the farthest distance I've ever been on foot; so it actually won't be a walk in the park for me. I can't decide if I want my goal to be just to finish it by any means necessary, or to run the whole way. Of course, I'd like to run the whole time, but what if my knees can't handle it? (In case you were curious from the last post as to why I don't like to run, it's because I seem to have inherited my parents' knees. And that's not a good thing.) But I want this year to be memorable, and attempting a feat I've never done before certainly seems memorable. I have found a 5 week training plan and I'm going to do my best to stick to it. I've also enlisted the partnership of a friend at work to train and do it with me. (I even gave her a training plan before I asked her if she would do it - how creepy is that??) At the moment, I'm particularly excited about boldly going where I've never gone before; but once the caffeine wears off, my thoughts may change to self-loathing.

I'm singing in church on Sunday. I've never done that before either... I'm terrified.