Hear! Hear!

Lori, I'm there with you on the change in thinking! I find myself so excited when I get a nice day for an outdoor workout. I'm especially excited to see that it is still daylight (almost) when I get home from work, and this morning on my walk it was dark when I started my walk and light when I finished - how cool is that?
I plan my days out now to make sure I can get a workout in... and I sometimes feel like I'm cheating when I only workout for 30 min (thinking ... that was a lame workout, I need to work myself harder next time). It is that change in mentality that is most rewarding and exciting to me.
.........Although it is kind of fun being in first place (at least we were in first place the last time the results we reported) and I do think the competition keeps things exciting. But truly winning, will mean that this new shift in thinking lingers well after the competition is over and I can keep wearing the pants from "the other closet"!!!