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"It doesn't have to be fun to be fun"

-Mark Twight

"We don't make sacrifices. If we truly love this sport and we have these goals and dreams in the sport, the classroom, or in life, they're not sacrifices. They're choices that we make to fulfill these goals and dreams."

-Deena Kastor

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

-Steve Prefontaine

January 14

Float like a butterfly, sting like a manta ray

Icing my knees seems to have helped a lot.  I was able to make it to the gym tonight for hill repeats on the treadmill, with my latest fast running playlist to keep me motivated:

  1. Orbital - Halcyon On + On + On (Live)
  2. Kanye West - Stronger (A-Trak Remix)
  3. Fort Minor - Remember the Name
  4. Eminem - ‘Till I Collapse
  5. Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind (Version 2 Instrumental Mix)
  6. Smut Peddlers - If You’re Gonna Be Dumb
  7. Three 6 Mafia w/ Josey Scott - Gettin’ F**ked Up
  8. Bloc Party - Banquet (Dance Remix)
  9. Delta 9 - Obliteration
  10. The Prodigy - Mindfields
  11. Do or Die - One Life One Crew
  12. The Bloodhound Gang - Magna Cum Nada
  13. D.O.A & Narotic - NYC Speedcore
  14. Hank Williams Jr. - A Country Boy Can Survive

My knee seems to be doing best on the uphills, and worse on the flats, and seems to match the symptoms of runner’s knee, which I’ve dealt with in the past. 

Got home after the gym, fed the dogs, and made a fantastic batch of ginger/lime curried tofu with black sticky rice.