The Monster Feeds on Failure

I joined Jon and Ash for a training session on the elliptical machines today. While some of the others seem to use cross-"training" as an excuse to pedal idly on the bike for 30 minutes while watching tv, I use it as an excuse to work harder than normal without as much risk of injury. If I'm on some sort of stationary aerobic equipment for an hour instead of running I better be sweating a lake. If I'm not then something isn't right. While avoiding the road can give specific body parts a break, the monster never rests. It doesn't sleep. It waits. It calculates. It watches, and when the moment comes it strikes. The monster uses every setback to increase its power until it either becomes unstoppable-or meets an entirely immovable obstacle.

But how can you tell if an obstacle can be moved? You have to test it in order to find out. You have to push it, again and again and again, until it either moves or it doesn't. And if it doesn't...