alas, i finally caved.
meet "mark" (of course he has a name, come on now... that shouldnt surprise anyone):
he is quite a bit larger than my nike+ (side note, no i am not missing the end of my digits... i am in desperate need of a manicure and i didnt feel anyone needed to see that hot mess):
ive never had such a complicated watch... the box was packed full of all sorts of goodies! (including a 75 instruction manual, yikes!)
so how did the name "mark" come about? the whole reason i got the garmin 305 in the first place was on the recommendation from my super cool marathon trainer. you might have heard of him before, i think ive mentioned him a few times here and there. he suggested this model to me... not too expensive and will do all that i need/want it to do. i have a goal for the maine marathon on october 2nd... not suck. and by not suck i really mean go sub 4. ive run this marathon twice... both times i took training to a whole new level of fail:
2009- 4:43:15
2010- 4:43:30
(side note: i know i am capable of better than this, i finished sugarloaf marathon in 4:15:25 in may 2010)
needless to say i want to kick this f**ing marathon course right in the face, and i WILL succeed this time. its the first marathon i have this year and i am ready to really focus on my training to get myself there, of course with the help of sam, pfitz 18/55, and now "mark".
so i have the ambition.
and i have the goal.
when i searched both of those words on an online thesaurus this is what i found:
| Main Entry: | goal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, purpose of an action |
| Synonyms: | ambition, design, destination, duty, end, intent, intention, limit, mark, mission, object, objective, target, use, |
| Main Entry: | ambition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something desired |
| Synonyms: | aim, aspiration, desire, dream, end, enterprise, goal, hope, intent, mark, objective, purpose, target, wish |
