Joined a running community website through Runner's World a couple of weeks ago, and am really loving it. It's a great sounding board, and lots of very supportive people.
I read a quote on someone's blog there today that I loved and really hit home with my workout today:
"It doesn't get easier, you just go faster". ~Greg Lemond
There's this funny thing that happens sometimes while I'm running, when it starts to get a little more difficult. Say you're cruising along for 10 -15 minutes, breathing has been fairly easy, legs were feeling good, and then suddenly things start to feel a bit harder. You're breathing is more strained, your arms feel heavy, but there's this powerful endorphin-fueled energy pumping through your brain that makes you push harder, run a little faster. Maybe it's my way of saying "yeah, body, you think you're going to quit now...I don't THINK so." Or maybe it's that elusive search for the lovely "runner's high." Whatever it is, it's an interesting phenomenon.
Maybe that's how I need to start viewing things in my life right now. Rather than letting my mind get all gnarled and transfixed on all the things that seem to be nagging at me, time to focus and find more creative ways of dealing with it. Seems simple enough. Let the creative juices flow.
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