16 March 2012  A compliment, a hill and a whole lot of
brownie...  A lot of people out there in Running Blogland are
hurting and a lot of people out there in the general world are
depressed, I am a member of that intersecting group...  I know
I'm not alone in there...but I didn't know who wanted to be
named ;-)  Yesterday, however, my spirits were lifted for a bit,
and it was really nice. I got to go to my climbing
lesson...which was bound to be awesome in and of itself. It
amazes me how challenging climbing is. I sweat and breathe hard,
and my heart rate rises. My arms and legs shake. My hands and
fingers stop working. It. Is. Awesome.  The plan yesterday was
to work hard and challenge myself. I worked to failure. I am so
glad that failure in the climbing gym ≠ bye, bye, XL like it
might out on the face of Half Dome! The first route I worked on
had an overhang. Overhangs are really hard if you have zero
upper body strength, like me :) I decided that since I suck at
overhangs so badly, I will attack them unti