Running is a learning experience. It is not the final marathon run that you earn. It is the process that you go through to achieve it. You encounter problems, excuses and road blocks; every turn, but then you learn on how to eliminate them or steer around them is wonderful. Again, the final destination is not what matters, but the path you ran that led you there does.

I am sure every one who is a runner has their own experiences as I have my own. One of my prominent problems is the lack of time. Presently, I work in the New York city and live in Princeton area. Each commute is 1.5 hours to 2 hours one way. That takes away a good 3 hours; then I have to work 8 hours to justify my paycheck. Upon this are conditions that I can't run until 3 hours after a meal. And finally I need to sleep for 6 hours. You do that math. Including misc hours, I am left with not many opportunities to practice my runs. So I wanted to share my situation with you folks and gather some ideas on what you would do if you were in my situation. Please talk back to me and tell me what you think? (on the left is I charted on when I run)

Sometimes it is hard for me, not because it is physically hard, optimizing time and juggling the schedule is hard. I thought of quitting it but then something made me keep going. What do you think ? Shall I quit ?

It appeared to me that there were lot of that were working against me. To name few,

1. Initial few weeks; I would run out of breath and could not run; I would blame it on damn lungs.
2. Then; it was; that I would run out of steam; blame it on the carbs I din't have.
3. Then it was that I got hurt on the track was a reason; I couldn't limp and run.
   
4. Later it my friend's wedding I had attend, I din't wanted to run :-)
   
5. Sometimes I was blaming it on the rain.

In my two and half months of running practice; all the permutations and combinations of above reasons was scheming against my run. But I am still running. Please share with me what would make you run and when will you do it.