One Month Anniversary

Howdy Everyone!
Well, today officially marks the one month anniversary since I enlisted into the United States Army. I'm still excited as ever. I feel as good as ever. And I'm ready to get this journey started!
I just got done with a run with my Sergeant and another fellow recruit. It went decent; I doubled my distance (I ran more than double but I doubled the distance I was able to run without stopping), I thought I was going to collapse at least one time that I know of, and I improved my form. My Sergeant pushed me and pushed me hard which I really needed and he also encouraged me and told me how well I did and how I was improving. It is still the darn lung capacity that kills me every time!!! We also did push-ups, sit-ups, and crunches (which I stink at {well other than crunches I could do crunches all day long}). I called my mom really frustrated with myself after I got to the car. Part of me is giving up hope in myself I only have 6 weeks left and I have a ton of work (I need to triple my distance and speed-up my speed; Sergeant told me that if I lengthen my strides than I will be able to run a lot longer I'm not exactly sure how I'm suppose to do that though). I'm not going give up, I'm going go to the park everyday and run run run! That way I can measure my distances and it is free (my free week pass to the gym ran out). I'm also going get my iPod back from Brandon so I have something to listen to, I'm going try to download the Army cadences because they set the pace you run at Basic and hopefully it'll help me out a little! I have a lot of work but I made a lot of progress in the one week I worked-out (I took the last week off which probably hindered me a little today) so I know I will be able to make much more progress!!!
On Saturday is my second Future Soldiers Meeting. It is our pre-ship cook-out (they have one about every 6-8 weeks for those getting ready to report for duty) and we will be playing baseball/softball! I suppose to bring my mom because they brief us on reception week and what to expect during basic, it'll be fun!
There isn't much else going on and I'm gonna run!
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