Yesterday, I quit.
I am not particularly comfortable in writing this but I
think that admitting your failures makes you less afraid, stronger and more
capable of overcoming them.
And there is no way I will ever be able to run 20+ km if I
am stopping at Km 2 on my second day of training. (Yeah, that was shameful, I
know.)
I have been running short distances for a couple of years
now, the maximum I did was 10k a couple of times, but mostly I do 5k or so. I
learned a lot about myself in these two years. I learned that perseverance and
taking it easy goes a long way. Whenever I face a big task or a daunting task, be
it personal or professional, I think about when I am tired of running and all I
can focus on is putting one foot after the other. One step at a time can make the
difference between keeping going and quitting. As they say, the journey of a
thousand miles starts with one step.
So running taught me endurance, and the incredible resources
we have inside. If only we can summon them.
Because the other thing that running has taught me, is that it's
all in the mind. My body is capable of running, 5, 10 and I believe even 20 km
without major problems, but when my mind is not there, most of the time I don't
achieve a thing.
I start complaining in my head, thinking I am too tired, I
am going to stop, I can't anymore, when if I am honest I can see that I am not
even that tired, and I can remember times when I was waaaaaaaaaay more tired
than this and still I kept going. So for me, the key ingredient for success is
training the mind.
And this is why the next step in my preparation will be
helping my little blond head to keep going when it gets tough.
I have found a lot of interesting resources online:
And with this good advice in mind, I'll make sure I wait at
least for Km 3 before quitting.
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