What a glorious run today!...
Oh wait... that's what I was going to write when I considered making up the whole thing because I wasn't at all convinced that I was actually going to run today...
All in all, I had a really great day... and then I was treated to some truly horrible customer service by Time Warner Cable and it was all downhill from there. By the time I stepped on the treadmill, my blood pressure was so high I was concerned it would be a serious health risk to even consider running. It took me several minutes to settle into my pace, but even then I didn't think I was going to do it. It crossed my mind to stop at 1 mile and write about my reasons for quitting early. Then I considered stopping at a mile and lying about it altogether and writing about my pretend 3 mile run. At .95 miles I looked up from the treadmill and told myself that, if I surpassed the 1 mile mark before looking down again, I would need to keep going. And as easy as it would have been to look down, I kept my head up and reminded myself why I was running in the first place. By the time I looked down again, I was at 1.2 miles and well on my way. I decided that, if I was going to stop early, it would have to be for a good reason, otherwise I was going to stick it out until the end.
And stick it out I did. Somewhere around the 2 mile mark I started to get over my frustration and returned my focus back to running. Don't get me wrong, I was still irritated when I finished, but at least I'd been able to blow off a little steam and not let my anger keep me from accomplishing a goal. Funny... there was a time when I would have used just about any excuse to get out of doing something in favor of being lazy... look at me go...
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