⚠️ OMG! I ran 10 MILES today - the furthest I’ve ran in 4 months!! 🤩 I was only going to run 90 mins. But when I realized I hit 8 miles, I became determined to get to 10. Even if I hit that wall. Even if I had to walk. I wasn’t going to go home until I did! And somehow through the crazy mental and physical process that happened for nearly 2 hours… I did it. I ran 10 freakin’ miles!!!
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Then tears💧Tears everywhere. All over me. And all over my husband’s shirt when I got home. Those fucking tears of joy when you accomplish something HARD because you’re crazy enough to want to, and it makes you feel THAT much better and stronger as a human. And still tears while writing this post. 💙
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Overcoming the thoughts that fester while running is so damn hard 😓 And I always forget they show up everytime I run longer than one hour. I kept repeating the saaaame things in my head over and over again 👉🏼 Swipe to see I what I mean lol.
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Then you get to this mental point where you’re like… “I’m HERE and I’m finishing this! Finishing this suffering! Because afterwards I’ll be all happy I did it!” 🎉 Like all crazy runners that endure pain because they are on Cloud 9 after a challenging run!! And I’m so happy I did.
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This run is one of the many training runs I need to get to the starting line of the Portland Half Marathon on October 2nd. I hadn’t announced my race, because I’ve been terrified I won’t be able to do it (while nursing a mild hamstring issue). But hopefully after today’s accomplishment and with continued physical therapy, I can get there. Because I’ve wanted to do it for so long. I don’t even care for a PR. I just want to do it. So we will see how the next 3 weeks fair out.
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Wish me luck ❤️ And thank you as always for being here and believing in me. 🙏🏻