Big Physical Day

Today is a hectic day on the workout front. I have 5 miles on the training calendar and martial arts tonite. If I am lucky, it will be raining for the run which will cool things off a bit. The martial arts is a "no skip" regardless of weather or mental state. Its the only place you can go and give all your best friends a bloody nose and they are proud of you for it. There aren't many women there but those of us who are present all have "issues" of one variety or another. I think in truth we show up twice a week for a true dose of physical pain, which is vastly better than the emotional pains we endure. Maybe we think it makes us stronger, maybe it does. What I do know is I happily line up for my share of minor injuries and go home considering that next week I will get better at defending myself. Maybe that is what our whole lives are about; getting better at defending ourselves.....