A friend recommended I start blogging about my 1/2 Marathon training as a way to release some of my fears, trepidations, excitement, and well, nervousness. All these feelings come barreling out of me around 7pm each night after dinner has been made/eaten/cleaned up, laundry is going, son's homework is done, you know, all the things a single parent has to accomplish after working 9 hours and then coming home to the next job of the P-A-R-E-N-T. And it's then at 7pm when I say to myself "oh, I need to go run/exercise. I have a half marathon to complete in 72 days and counting and I am only on week 2!" I have to convince myself, and with the help of said friend, that I need a rest day. But how does one rest when all one can think about it not finishing the 13.1 miles??? Sure, rest my legs. But how do you rest the mind when thoughts of not finishing plague your every thought? How do I turn off the mind and let it rest? I tell myself, I did exercise today. I did weight training. But my arms don't hurt. I should go run. My legs need to hurt. No pain, no gain. But wait. Do I really want to hurt? No. Not to the point of injuring myself.
So, I tell myself...tomorrow, tomorrow you go run. And I will. And it will be a better 3 miles than I could have done the night before.
Yeah, right.
Just now catching up on this. LOVE this blog and LOVE reading about your voyage!
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