Hit a huge brick wall today while at Stone Mountain. Part of it was physical (it was h-o-t) and part was mental. In all honesty, I think the physical part of feeling a bit woozy and then being just plain tired after being only 2 miles in of the 5 miles led to the mental brick wall. My body wasn't cooperating and I didn't like it. I even teared up for a bit. In a book I am reading about running, it talks about how running can bring emotions to the surface and it totally did today. Huge props to JHart for being patient with me and encouraging me to push through the wall I was placing in front of myself...and for the jelly beans which gave me some much needed sugar energy! I know I will have good days and bad days with running...I really just wish today had been a good day. I felt like a failure and felt like I wasn't able to show all that I have been able to conquer running wise the last few weeks. The good news is that I can try again tomorrow...and the day after that...and the day after that. I will get through this brick wall. I am a runner...I am a runner....I am a runner.
"Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out.
The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick
walls are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough.
They are there to keep out the other people."
~Randy Pausch
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