So my oldest sister,
Olivia, called me yesterday morning to ask if I had already gone for my
run…which I hadn’t. She then asked if she could join me when I went for which I
was more than excited to have her along with me! So we went to my favorite
place in the entire city of Albuquerque…the Bosque and worked out together! She
said she had been reading my blog and wanted to try and start exercising more!
I love being able to encourage and inspire people. If I can make just one
person feel that they too are capable of setting out to accomplish a goal they
have for themselves then I am happy!
Olivia did awesome and was
able to run 5+ minutes without stopping…this totally blew my mind because when
I started running I could barely make it to a minute without having to stop and
walk! So after our workout I was inspired to try and go PR my fastest
mile…which had been 12:48. I hopped on the treadmill at my apartment and set
the pace to 5.2 MPH, I was feeling great, had control over my breathing and
halfway through I was still feeling good but my mind started playing games with
me. It’s so easy to doubt what you’re capable of. When you’re facing a
challenge it’s so easy to be discouraged and let your mind grab ahold of you
and stop you from accomplishing what you set out to do. So I made a conscious
decision that I would not let my mind win this battle and kept pressing on. I
just kept telling myself, “YOU ARE FINE! YOU’RE NOT GASPING FOR AIR, YOU’RE NOT
IN PAIN, YOU WILL KEEP GOING!” …and I did. With 0.1 miles left I turned it up
to 6.0 to finish strong and completed my mile in 11:24!!!! Woot! Crushed my
12:48 PR! I’m tempted today to try and beat that PR, we shall see. I’m not
supposed to run today, it’s my cross-training day, but it’s so tempting! I will
let you know tomorrow if obey my training plan or give in to the temptation to
beat my PR. Funny…I never thought that I would willingly want to go out and run
as fast as I could just for the sake of beating a personal record.
Today I got to meet up with
my friend, Krystal while she had a break in between her classes and go on a
walk with her (in the freezing snow…no excuses)! I know it’s hard find time to
squeeze in exercising when you’re busy with school and work and life, but I was
super proud of Krystal for making time for a walk!
So no matter where you’re
at today it’s not too late. However, you have to choose what your priorities
are. As my fifth grade teacher would say, “you can lead a horse to water, but
you can’t make it drink” I don’t think I fully understood that saying until
now! :)
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