Thank you Cher and Steph for your kind words and support...Heck, why else would we be doing this (ok...besides skinny jeans and a bikini in Maui!).
Sure, yesterday was a particularly hard day...but not enough to get this gal down...
Today, I laced up my sneakers (although I know I need to be properly fitted for running shoes) and put on my swanky bright pink running coat and ear muffs and hit the Mission Greenway again for my daily 5km...and I progressed through the 'normal' phases of my 5k, but I am really feeling my endurance picking up....5km doesn't feel like it used to...
Perhaps next week I'll up the distance...but for every day (13 of 16) I have pretty much run a 5k a day and for that...I'm super proud.
I love the creative clarity the runs bring me...perhaps it's all the blood to my brain...
But I am also loving the sense of accomplishment that comes with what I've been able to achieve these past 2 weeks...It's soooo mental, (isn't it???)....and I love that feeling of 'winning' over my inner voice...the weak inner voice that sometimes wants to quit.
Yes, I know I have to respect my body, and to be perfectly honest, I'm feeling like at the 3.5km mark, my left knee is screaming "STOP YOU CRAZY LADY-I CAN'T HANDLE IT"...but that only seems to last for about .75 of a kilo...then I think the thrill of the race catches up and I just want to finish what I set out to accomplish (yes, I am soooo stubborn).
Again, I still have a firm vision of the girl that couldn't get out of a car, or walk across the street without drawing attention because of my walk...and now...I am running...and that is soooo incredibly freeing.
Thank you for this challenge, because I know without it, I would be in a different space and different mental place...and definitely not near as satisfied or proud as I am now.
Thank you Cher. Thank you Steph....Only 14 days to go...
Love and hugs...
Tacey
xo
PS. Have I mentioned that it's been 16 days with NO CHIPS!!??!! (I guess I just did).
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