This morning I had my alarm set for 6am. But, I woke up at 515 because I had to pee. Awesome. I finally fell back asleep just in time for my 6am alarm to go off. I hit snooze. I hit snooze a second time. I got up the 3rd time just to see it’s raining out. Forget this! I’m exhausted so let me sleep in and I’ll get my workout done after work. After spending 8 1/2 hours at work typing on my computer and basically sitting in my office all I day I was pooped. This always happens. When I'm not super busy at work I have less energy for other things. I get lazy. So I was really contemplating NOT doing my workout tonight. Plus, my workout was a hard one. Hill repeats on the steepest hill in Central Park. Let’s just say I was not looking forward to them.
On my way out the door, I ran into a coworker I used to run with. We started to chat and I asked her if she’s been running and such. She was telling me about her morning run how she ran outside then ran to the gym because of the rain. I explained my situation as well and told her I really wasn’t feeling like running tonight. She said the simplest thing to me. “Ah, just go do it.” It was only 5 teensy tiny words and I was like, yeah! I’m gonna go home, change, walk the dog quickly (sorry Ollie), go to Central Park and knock out my hill repeats. That’s exactly what I did. Thank you to my coworker who by saying a small phrase got me moving and running.
The other interesting part about our conversation was that she said she saw my facebook post over the weekend about running 18 miles. I told her I was training for Chicago Marathon and that I signed up for an ironman. After we went through the “your crazy” part of the conversation she said another interesting thing. On Saturday she was dreading her 4 mile run. She really didn’t want to do it at all. But, when she saw my 18 mile post, she’s like well 4 miles is easy compared to 18! So she got out there and did her scheduled run. It’s amazing how little things can inspire you and push you.
Walking home from the park tonight I had my ipod on and I was singing out loud and smiling. A big goofy grin on my face. I must have looked a little nuts, but hey it’s NY, lots of things fly here. I just felt SO good for completing my run. And, shhhh don’t tell my coach... :) but I actually liked the hill repeats! Now, that even I think is crazy but I loved every minute of them! I loved pushing my legs and powering up a hill, the nice jog back down, then repeating it. So I wanted to write double header posts today because I had such a breakthrough, in inspiration and sweat. I can only hope my journey inspires others to go out for a run, bike , walk or swim!
On my way out the door, I ran into a coworker I used to run with. We started to chat and I asked her if she’s been running and such. She was telling me about her morning run how she ran outside then ran to the gym because of the rain. I explained my situation as well and told her I really wasn’t feeling like running tonight. She said the simplest thing to me. “Ah, just go do it.” It was only 5 teensy tiny words and I was like, yeah! I’m gonna go home, change, walk the dog quickly (sorry Ollie), go to Central Park and knock out my hill repeats. That’s exactly what I did. Thank you to my coworker who by saying a small phrase got me moving and running.
The other interesting part about our conversation was that she said she saw my facebook post over the weekend about running 18 miles. I told her I was training for Chicago Marathon and that I signed up for an ironman. After we went through the “your crazy” part of the conversation she said another interesting thing. On Saturday she was dreading her 4 mile run. She really didn’t want to do it at all. But, when she saw my 18 mile post, she’s like well 4 miles is easy compared to 18! So she got out there and did her scheduled run. It’s amazing how little things can inspire you and push you.
Walking home from the park tonight I had my ipod on and I was singing out loud and smiling. A big goofy grin on my face. I must have looked a little nuts, but hey it’s NY, lots of things fly here. I just felt SO good for completing my run. And, shhhh don’t tell my coach... :) but I actually liked the hill repeats! Now, that even I think is crazy but I loved every minute of them! I loved pushing my legs and powering up a hill, the nice jog back down, then repeating it. So I wanted to write double header posts today because I had such a breakthrough, in inspiration and sweat. I can only hope my journey inspires others to go out for a run, bike , walk or swim!
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