Sorry it's been so long since my last post.
It's been a combination of two parts tired, one part uninspired and one part feeling the pressure to write a glorious bit of literature every time I post.
I'm not going to let the last bit effect me anymore.
I'm simply going to post.
Some might be duds.
Some might be so inspiring you just want to go verb.
Sometimes I might just complain about how much my left shin is killing me.

With that said...

The grind is on.
If you've been following my Dailymile site (and you should), you know I've been working out/running nonstop.
I'm not even to the hard part of training.
With 8 weeks left till my fight, this is simply the "maintenance period", a sentiment that genuinely scares the pants off of me.
It seems miles from where I am right now.

I'm trying my best to go a little bit harder every day.
That one extra rep.
One more leg kick.
One more right cross.
I'm beginning to feel more and more machine-like every day.
I look in the brownish green dots staring back at me in the mirror and I don't recognize them.
They're angry with me.
They're telling me I'm stronger than this and I have more to give.
They're saying I can dig deeper and still find enough to push on.
They drive me.
They're making me controlled, calculated and ice-cold.

The grind rails against everything I accomplish in the gym or on the sidewalks or on the trail.
The grind makes every room I'm in too small.
The grind tells me I won't make it.
The grind says that I will be on my back in front of hundreds of onlookers bleeding from the mouth.
The day in and day out of training is something I can't explain.
To stay mentally on point every day.
To push yourself to the point of breaking and then keep pushing until you do.
It's all a fight.
You're always fighting the grind.
Limbs are always sore and bruised and battered and they're telling you to give up.
Lungs are spitting fire and screaming for mercy.
But you fight the grind.
You beat the grind into submission.
And when you win, there's no rest.
The fight continues.

-Drew