i used to hate to run. i could never motivate myself to do something that i despised so much, nor could i see a point in doing so. the beginning of this year, anna decided that she wanted to start running every day, so naturally i thought “well, if my wife can do this, then i should.” i started out okay, got worse, and now can kind of run and enjoy it. anna is kicking my butt though. i try to run 4 or 5 times a week and she pretty much can go 4 miles a day easily.

i’ve kind of learned that i don’t stand a chance running. i’ve been working on making the perfect running mix. so far i have these on my ipod shuffle playing in random order, and it seems to be doing the job.

• norma jean - the anti mother/o’ god, the aftermath
• four year strong - rise or die trying
• maylene & the sons of disaster - II
• relient k - mmhmm
• metallica - pretty much anything, but most recently, death magnetic
• arctic monkeys - whatever people say i am, that’s what i’m not
• forever the sickest kids - underdog alma mater

if you guys know of any good running music, please let me know. i need variety to help with the monotony.

love,

mark