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I wasn’t really feeling it this morning and thought I would just do a nice slow run to finish out the week. Turns out my body felt better than my brain (mentally just wiped out this week). Ran at an average 9:12 min/mi and the second and third mile average was under 9:00 min/mi which is fairly unusual for me.
Lesson to me is to not judge an experience before it happens. The outcome may be much better than you initially thought. Be in the moment and enjoy it.
Run happy this beautiful Friday!
Yesterday was an early day with a 3:00am run in order to make a 6:00am flight to Las Vegas. I loved the peace and stillness of the very early morning run.
Then a long day of training with people from all over the region. It was a diverse group and we had a lot of fun while learning. Isn’t that the best way to learn?
Ran the Vegas strip this morning. It was an out and back with a lot of stairs to go up and over streets. Definitely interesting to run the Vegas strip at 6:00am. One of the great things about running every day is that I get to see things when on vacation/traveling that I wouldn’t ordinarily see.
Run happy!
This is my calendar quote and it rings so true today.
Life takes unexpected turns. Some are more painful than others. The reality is we can survive them all.
The goal isn’t to improve my time or distance very day. The goal is to feel alive and healthy on the run. To enjoy and be grateful for the ability to run every day.
To be better every day to me means to continue to learn and grow as a human being. To improve my job performance, to positively impact the lives of those around me, and to continue to improve who I am as a person.
Happy Friday!
I listen to books on most runs and reflect on how I can use the message, knowledge, or advice in my own life.
Today was all about the feelings of needing things, people, positions in life versus wanting them and the difference between the two. When you need something you are framing that your happiness depends on obtaining that need. When you want it and don’t need it you can be happy or successful without it and still desire it.
Where is the line between want and need? Do I want to run every day or do I need to run every day? Why?
For me most days it is a want and I enjoy it. When I reflect honestly there are days I need to run because I don’t want to end the streak because I will let myself and other people down.
This new framework with help to keep me in check when I am tired or in a rut. As long as I truly want to run and am enjoying it then I will keep on running.
The goal of writing every day lasted 11 days. That doesn’t feel good and beating myself up about it is the easy thing to do. I could fill my head with, “Well if it was really important to you then you would have gotten it done.” or “See, you’re not a writer and writing every day it too hard.”
I’m choosing to celebrate that I started this journey of sharing my running story. The good and the bad. I love running and I know the more I write the more I will look forward to it and love it as well.
If you are struggling with a new habit don’t give up. Stay committed and stay positive. It will get better and it will get easier.
