Thoughts on the Run

1:40:00 – 8 miles

This weekend is the last weekend of the season for my son’s hockey team. It has been a great year for growth for my son not only on the ice, but also learning about what it means to be part of a team. A hockey team is not about one person and that is the message I have been driving all year. This leads to passing, not relying on one player to do all the work, and celebrating together.

My “end of season speech” theme will be on teamwork. It will be about applying the same concept to home, school, and life. I have seen kids grow out of their shell this year and really look around them to see what is happening. They’ve become aware of their surroundings which is crucial on the ice and off. It’s something we could all benefit from as I believe more time then not, we don’t understand the rest of the world. Countries on the other side of the world certainly have this view on us, so if we all made the effort to understand why people do what they do, then maybe there would be more progress.

44:00 – 4 miles

Spent some time on the run this morning wondering why companies like Green Tree Servicing is allowed to be in business. Their customer service reps are rude, do their best to not help you, and truly don’t care if you foreclose on the loan. Even when someone like me is being proactive in looking for solutions, Green Tree Servicing does not return phone calls and rushes you off the phone.

I even offered to combine 2 loans into one, which would give them more business. Nope, customer service didn’t hear me.

Green Tree Servicing needs to either find better employees or look at how to motivate them to improve service. Not all mortgage companies, or companies in general, need to be this way.

54:00 – 4.75 miles

Ran a bit at the gym while watching the Olympics gold medal hockey game between USA and Canada … wow! That was some highly skilled hockey!

2:30:00 – 13.1 miles

Had quite a few thoughts on the run this morning. Granted, 2.5 hours is a long time in general, so I had time.

Watched the recap of the health care summit. It’s a bit annoying when the leader of the summit, President Obama, says lets have a discussion and come up with solutions to make this work. Then the Republicans do the same thing they’ve done for 3 months … they say let’s start over, start from scratch, remember that thing you said on the campaign 2 years ago.

Why do these Republicans live in the past? The majority of the country is irritated with the snail’s pace it takes to get something done in the government and I would hope people are taking note of why. Talk Talk Talk Talk. Shut up and decide something! Stop complaining and actually do something. I tell my 6 year old this. Yeah, you hear me, but you are not doing anything. It’s like the overweight people that sit on the couch watching The Biggest Loser while eating half a cake. DO SOMETHING! Leaders lead … not make excuses or do things to make themselves look better. I almost wonder if they take no action so they can’t be blamed for something … well, now they can be blamed for doing nothing.

Here is my quote to leave you with … I thought of it many times while running. We need leaders that are not lazy and ones that are willing to make the hard decisions or at least try to do something.

It’s easier to sit and complain and find fault then to come up with solutions.

1:05:00 – 5.8 miles

Another afternoon run because was up most of the night with loud kids …