Marathon

When you sign up for a marathon, life as you know it changes. You are committed. If you don't log the miles and do X number of miles at pace or if you don't stretch and do your PT exercises... you will pay on race day. You might not even make it.

There is a reason for coaches. There is reason for a plan. There is a reason to go out slow and end strong. There is a reason for all the hard work. I crave it and am chomping at the bit to sign up for a marathon. Two more weeks of more or less no pain and I am signing up. I am jumping in. No more sleep for me. Predawn running... here I come!

I wish that some of my students and their parents understood the importance of being literate and functioning at grade level. I wish they got it that you have to put in the time to get what you want... Oh, some of them are so far behind! Why aren't they chomping at the bit to be literate? Why aren't they pushing their kids to strive for the top? When do they plan on catching up? No one ever ran a marathon or learned how to read watching TV or playing computer games. When are they going to stop making all their excuses?

How do I get them to sign up for being proficient so their life changes? What can I do without squishing them? I wish I could learn to read for them, but my coaches don't run for me.