While I was out running today (more on that later) I couldn't get something out of my mind.....it was the 'definition of insanity'. I had seen this picture (or one similar) on facebook a while back, but today it popped into my mind and stuck! :-)
How many times in the course of this blog have I said "Ohh, I want to lose weight SOOOOOOOOOOO bad?" TONS! But then I go and do the exact same thing I did the previous day.....the day that I may have gained. It's total insanity!
Its time to change my life, my eating, my whatever! I've started the process....now to just complete it!
My run this morning......6 miles. :-) I won't say it was easy. I won't say it was difficult....it just was.
Started out and the first half mile pert near killed me! My breathing was utterly out of whack and I felt like I was just fighting to get a breath of air. It was very reminiscent of when I first started running and I had problems regulating my breathing. I pushed on.....but at about the 3/4 mile mark I realized that I needed to walk for a minute or so to correct this issue. I walked about a minute and I was off and running again and everything was fine. I ended up stopping to walk roughly at every mile mark. Sometimes I didn't need it, but usually by the time I had run a mile my chest was feeling tight and the short walk really helped me grab a full lung of air.
Today I chose to run locally for my 6 miles. Hmmm....I think for my 'longer runs' on the weekend I am going to try to head to the canal or the rail trail to do them....out and back runs. I had a map drawn up in my head of where I was running and figured I would end up at my house with almost exactly 6 miles. It's a great route. I had no problem with it. EXCEPT for the fact that if you notice, on the bottom left....every time I got to that end of the road I KNEW that I was less than a half mile from home. Notice how many times my path took me up to that point. That is what I call my 'bailout' points. It took will power today to not bail out the first time I came back to that area....two miles in. It took even more will power to not bail out the second time I came up to that point at 4 miles into my run. But I persevered and pushed through.
The last mile was TOUGH! I admittedly walked a bit more during that last mile! I somehow picked up some blisters on my feet and my right arm has rash/hot spot from some kind of rubbing on my shirt, and that affected how I was running. Furthermore, my mind started to tell me that I was going to get home and NOT have my six miles. I was becoming increasingly more sure with each passing mile that I was going to be short a tenth or two of a mile. It made me groan, but I decided that if that happened I would keep running. There was NO WAY that I was stopping it said 6 miles! NO WAY! I would run around the block if I had to. Two blocks if necessary....but it WOULD say 6.something when I walked into the house!
I got to the front of my house and checked the mileage. 5.97 Really??? I ran down the sidewalk past a house or two and voila....the magic number appeared! I was DONE.
Hot and tired I headed inside. I rested a bit and then went out and mowed all the properties for an hour more of physical activity.
What's next?
6 comments:
I have that quote in my work space. It for sure applies to all things in life! Great job on your run!
WOW!!! I am super-duper impressed with a 6 mile run. There is nothing you can't do!
Lori
Good on ya for not bailing out - that was pretty tempting, I have to say! I like doing my long runs in an out-and-back, or a giant loop, just for the very issue you had with your run. But great job on the six miles! Oh and LOL on running extra to hit that magic number - I think we all do that! :)
That quote is spot-on! Really, i once bumped into the phrase "if you want to achieve something what you never achieved before, you have to do something what you never did before". I memorized this quote and still get back to it to re-learn it. I'm convinced that losing weight or achieving anything worth while in life is all about programming the mind. That you have to get rid of false/negative mind-loops, change way of thinking and thus change the actions. And re-realize this.
That particular quote, if you apply it into your own life, starts to resonate in a profound way, when one starts to think about it. At least i myself got big bells ringing in my mind when i realized some mind-loops which leads to wrong actions, when i deep-analyzed the meaning of this quote and my life.
It applies to everything, not only weight-loss. I take this phrase into a use A LOT in my work/study. It makes me think outside of the box and really find creative solutions
Great job on the 6 miles! I agree to go somewhere for an out and back run...that way you're not even tempted by bail out points. You're doing great! I'm insane. I admit it. You, however, have made such big changes in your lifestyle...your marriage, your running partner, your diet. You're moving past it all and you got this!
Congratulations on the 6 mile run! I have practically run up and down my driveway, making sure RunKeeper turns to a specific distance before I consider the run finished :)
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