I’m just back in from my run, thought I’d bang out a quick blog post before I move on with the remainder of my evening.<\/p>\n
Tonight is a good night for running. It’s not perfect, but, the air isn’t as thick as it was the last two runs, and it’s also a nice temperature, so the run wasn’t immediately miserable. There was also the plus that my stomach wasn’t bothering me this time around. So by all measures it was my best run yet, though time-wise it was only slightly faster than the first run. I did a better job of moderating my pace and so I spent more time “running” (actual runners should read this “jogging”) and less time walking. Obviously the running was at a bit of a slower pace, thus accounting for the only slightly faster time.<\/p>\n
Here’s a bit of a running allegory that crossed my mind as I was running. So on the route I run, there are lots of inclines and declines. The thing that I was noticing was that, a lot of time, when I was on an incline, I was feeling like I really needed to stop. But, if I pushed through it, shortly after I started the decline, I’d start to feel like I could continue, only to repeat again, a bunch of times. Now, I did reach a point where I had to start walking for a bit, but, I definitely made it further than if I had just stopped the first time I felt like I needed to.<\/p>\n
Are you ready for it? Here comes some allegory. The same sort of thing is true in working toward any goal. You’ll have the tough periods of incline, when you don’t think you can do it anymore. And it’s easy to throw in the towel. But you just have to remember the decline that’s ahead. Then you can coast, and rest, and recover… ok, so you don’t actually coast when you are running… this is becoming more of a biking metaphor. Come to think of it that allegory was really more of a metaphor.<\/p>\n
Well, whatever it is, that’s what I have to say to you.<\/p>\n
See you on 23!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’m just back in from my run, thought I’d bang out a quick blog post before I move on with the remainder of my evening. Tonight is a good night for running. It’s not perfect, but, the air isn’t as thick as it was the last two runs, and it’s also a nice temperature, so … Continue reading Day Twenty-Two<\/span>