Define Your Terms

The title of my blog is obviously a play on the title of a famous movie, but I thought that I better define my terms and relate them to my experiences to help us all understand the purpose of all this. You'll notice two different colors of print. The black are my own words and the blue belongs to the definitions found at www.dictionary.com.  I have chosen only the definitions that I thought related best to my blog.

Di-a-ry
–noun, plural -ries.

1. a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc. 

(DAILY???? really?? who has time for that? If I wrote everyday, then when would I run?)

2. a book for keeping such a record.

(we live in 2011, so I think a newer version of this definition would also include a blog)

3. a book or pad containing pages marked and arranged in calendar order, in which to note appointments and the like.

"I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you." author unknown

This is what I am hoping for!

Mad

adjective-
1. mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented
2. enraged; greatly provoked or irritated; angry.

4. extremely foolish or unwise; imprudent; irrational

5. wildly excited or confused; frantic: mad haste.

6. overcome by desire, eagerness, enthusiasm, etc.; excessively or uncontrollably fond; infatuated: He's mad about the opera.

7. wildly gay or merry; enjoyably hilarious: to have a mad time at the Mardi Gras.

I have not decided yet which definition was the best to describe what I am doing so I left all of these. I guess you can choose for yourself =)

 
 Run·ning
–noun

1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.  (Thanks for clearing that up!)

2. managing or directing: the running of a business. (shameless plug for my business here....www.CakesByNadia.weebly.com)

3. an act or instance of racing: the 113th running of the Kentucky Derby.

–adjective

6. galloping, racing, moving, or passing rapidly. (I got a good laugh out of this one! The only time I am "passing rapidly" is if I see a gator somewhere on the trail.)

8. creeping or climbing, as plants: a running vine. (or as in hill training or "hills")

9. moving or proceeding easily or smoothly. ( Another chuckle!  If you have seen me "running" you might call it something else!)

 Run

verb, ran, run, run·ning, noun, adjective

–verb (used without object)

1. to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground. (Glad this definition is here. I know, at least at some times, that I am going faster than walking)

2. to move with haste; act quickly: Run upstairs and get the iodine.

3. to depart quickly; take to flight; flee or escape: to run from danger.

6. to go around, rove, or ramble without restraint (often followed by about ): to run about in the park.

7. to move, roll, or progress from momentum or from being hurled, kicked, or otherwise propelled: The wheel ran over the curb and into the street. (at mile 25, I am hoping for either a hill to roll down or for Mickey to push me to the finish line. Definitely could have used some of that at the end of the Gasparilla the other day.)

Wom·an

–noun

1. the female human being ( distinguished from man).

2. an adult female person.

4. a wife.

5. the nature, characteristics, or feelings often attributed to women; womanliness. (I wonder if "womanliness" includes blowing your nose into the grass or spitting?)

8. a female person who cleans house, cooks, etc.; housekeeper: The woman will be in to clean today.

( My husband would love this one!)

9. women collectively

  So, I hope this helped clear some things up for you, or maybe it confused you even more. In simple terms, I have a major goal that I want to accomplish. I am hoping that keeping a blog will help me and others to finish what we have started. I am a runner and though I  am not fast, I am at least moving!! Maybe your goal is just to get moving. You don't have to "move with haste" or be "wildly excited" or even "run" at all, you just need to start. (and you don't have to be a woman either)