Runnig vs. Education?

Well, I had a great time fishing ,what I remember anyway. I don't know anything about fishing, but from what all the other guys said we caught a shit load! I had fun either way. Didn't really get much running though. I ran for an hour the first morning there, and I was quickly reminded that the hills there are far worse than anything we have here. I was also running with a little buzz from the night before too, seeing that we only had acouple of hours of sleep. Anyhow, I got out of bed at 4:00 a.m. to hit the road, tried to wake Poole up, but I was unsucessful because he was smarter than me and stayed in the bed. It was like 12 degrees or something. Anyway, there I am, all alone on an unfamiliar road in the middle of nowhere, thinking about my family, work , and running. I laughed a little while asking myself why in the hell I was out there when it would have been so easy to just stay in bed like those other guys at the cabin. I suddenly started to realize there is a certain pattern in my life, in many things. I don't know why, but I started thinking about how Poole didn't run, and I did. Not that I really wanted to be out there any more than he did, but I HAVE to!! The whole education and running comparison came to me bacause I was thinking, damn Poole, that fucker can lay in bed if he wants to, he has natural running talent. My ass has to run 5 or 6 days a week, 55 or 65 miles a pop or my training just simply won't be enough. Just like your friends in school who could get shit faced 3 nights a week and make a 4.0! I personally had to study my balls off to get a C on a fucking P.E. exam!!! My point is, I have come to realize that if I want somethings I am going to have to work a little harder than others. I guess I am lucky, however to have found something I don't mind putting the work in for. Thank Jesus, had I continued to try my hand at school I probably would be sitting in pre-algebra tomorrow morning as the oldest tenth grader in Shelby Couny history. See ya on the trails!!