The snake is dead

Morning fellas. I made a huge breakthrough this morning I wanted to share with y'all.

Today I ran farther than I have in a year. Continuous running, that is. This time last year I was doing a daily run of three miles every morning, and a gentle walk after the sun stopped burnin' dirt. Today I pushed myself past my final mental blockage after a year of dealing with demons and ran the whole 1.1 miles around my block. I felt victorious!

Coming down to the last quarter-mile, I was actually chanting to myself outloud, as I frequently do while running, "I win! I WIN! I beat my insecurity" when all of a sudden I looked down at a rattlesnake at my feet. I lurched to the side in a Jim Carey-esce movement, and nearly into oncoming traffic.

After only very quickly breaking stride, I realized that the rattlesnake was indeed dead, hit by a car, and belly-up. I kept running without worrying about it.

As I kept going toward home I realized I had just lived a physical metaphor for what I was doing all year long. I pushed and pushed and pushed, and that rattlesnake tried to toss me out into traffic. But I won. I kept going.

And now I know that the snake is indeed dead.

When my buddy's snake died the Dr. gave him Viagra! BwaHahahahahaha!!!!!   Congrats on the running FART!!

Congrats! I bet you were a couple pounds lighter after cleaning out your drawers from that excitement. Scott

Great job!  Amazing how fast you can move when a rattlesnake is involved isn't it?

Thank your wife she put the snake right at the point you usually stop and walk. What a motivator!

I really thought this was a dick thread!

I quess there are signs every were ; If we could only see all of them all of the time ! The beast is dead . NOW get out there and ruuuunnnn Forest run !  Best wishes Nick

I can just imagine you running down the street chanting to yourself. "I win! I win! I am a golden god... YEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Snake!"

You could've eaten the snake!!!!

...I hear it's good protein!