One of my favorite poems.
I love the words in this poem..
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
By William Ernest Henley
Well had a bit of a panic attack today
So I ran last night.. run was slow.. and the pups ran with me so they were all over the place last night.. anyway I did not load my data from my Garmin 205 gps into my log. I woke up and was going to perform the upload and my Garmin died. Panic attack big time.. I have had this thing for years now and it has never failed me.. and today it did , well I thought so.. Thank god for youtube. I found a guy that gave some tips on how to fix the issue with a hard reset.. It did fix the issue and my workout from last night was still there. I need to keep an eye on this one now.. I am going to start looking for a new / used Garmin. I am sure that I want a 610 but that is some bucks.. Not sure if I am going to invest in that one yet.. we shall see what a ebay/ craigslist turns up.
A new season
I am determined to make this season of training my best. I am going to run a few races that I have been on my radar for some time. Some of these have been on for a few years now, the Shamrock in Virginia beach VA as well as a North Face challenge 50K. GORUCK BALTIMORE is this on for this year. If you do not know what that is on my links page and see the fun that I am going to have. I really good friend of mine is going to do this one with me. In the process of doing these runs I am raising money for the Green Beret Foundation. I am going to try and raise 5k for the shamrock run and the 50k. We shall see how that goes. in 2011 I only raised 600 for the foundation. I just need to make the time and put the work in. Wish me luck.