remind me of what I believed for so long:
I am not a runner. My hips
ached. My femur was sore. But I was committed.
I completed
my first painful mile, but I realized I needed help—I
needed a plan. I drove to the bookstore and purchased the perfect
book for me:
The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer,
by David
Whitsett. Now I had a plan.
[Days 1-10]
The first 10 days of running were both physically painful and
mentally challenging. Every single day, I fought
a constant battle in
my head with the voice of mediocrity, telling me it was okay to quit.
But it wasn’t.
Do what’s right, not what’s easy , I reminded myself. I kept
running. I was committed.
[Days 11-20]
Days 11-20 were only slightly less painful. I still didn’t like
running, but I didn’t really
hate it anymore.
For the first time in my
life, I was forming the habit of running every day. It was no longer
this scary thing I only watched other people doing on the sidewalk
while I was driving my car. After nearly
two weeks of daily running,
it was starting to feel normal for me to wake up every day, and just go
for a run. I remained committed.
[Days 21-30]
Days 21-30 were almost
enjoyable.
I had almost forgotten what
it felt like to hate running. I was doing it without much thought. I just
woke up, put on my running shoes (yes, I had invested in a pair), and
logged my miles each day. The mental battle was gone,
replaced with
reciting positive affirmations or listening to self-improvement audios
while I ran. In just 30 days, I had overcome my limiting belief that I
couldn’t run. I was becoming what I would have never imagined in a
million years… I was becoming a runner.
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