I decided early on that I was not going to be a whogger, I saw the term on a friends blog (thanks Amy) and I decided that I liked it. Noone likes to listen to someone whine! Yea, life gets tough get over it! so this is me getting over it:)
In June I ran 13.1 miles, thanks to my bout with pneumonia and a busy schedule today I struggled to run 2.5miles. I was whining about this, but NO MORE! I can't change what happened, and I it wouldn't be wise to push myself to run 13.1 miles right now. What I can do is learn from the experience and move forward, I don't need to understand why things like this happen, much worse things happen to other people all the time, through no fault of their own.
Running is really mental for me, my legs and lungs can complain all they want, but I only stop running when my mind says it's ok. When I started running my brain had to override a lot of complaining, but I had gotten to the point where I was just able to block all that out. Now I am hearing the complaining again and I have to work to block it out again.
That's like other parts of my life...when I start doing things that I know are good for me, be they at work or at church or at home, they can be difficult, and there can be a lot of resistance from within, or from other people. Once I have been doing them for a while they become easier, and I become able to withstand the resistance. Every so often something comes along that trips me up and sets me back to where things seem difficult again. At that point I have 2 choices, I can stay down, where I fell when I tripped, or I can start over, or start from where I am and keep going. I choose to keep going because I believe that's the only way things can get better, for me and for others.
What do you choose?
