I have decided to run a marathon in May! I am scared shit less!!! I am worried about the mental part not the physical aspect of it.. I know running is mental. If you do the training then you will be fine but your mental state can kill you in an instance! I am not scared anymore. My friend Laura writes a great blog called lalaland http://lauracarew.blogspot.com/. It is a fantastic blog that talks about fitness, losing weight, parenting and all sorts of other great stuff. Laura was recently a guest blogger on another site I like to visit and she wrote a great post about treating yourself like an athlete. I had a light bulb moment.
If an athlete wants to have his best performance, he treats it like a full time job!!! he lives, breathes and focuses on his task. I have decided that I need to think of myself as an athlete because God knows sometimes I doubt myself. I need to eat the best that I can, train the best that I can and research as often as I can. I love to research it keeps me motivated!! After I realized this I felt liberated!! I felt like I can do this! I am not saying it is going to be easy or pretty but I will do this!!
I went for my first run outside in about 2 weeks and it was cold but great! It was a hard run, the footing was awful but I made it!! Only 17 more weeks to go!! I have ran that distance many times but I always feel like when your starting your training all over again you need to get to the double digits and your confidence is back. I didn't focus on the time or pace, I just did my Tempo pace and felt good. I will work on pace on my shorter runs!!
So only 38 kms to go this week but at the end of it I think a new pair of socks will be in order!!
Thank you Laura for making me see myself as a athlete!!
