Isn't that the truth? I "tried" and it was hard so I stopped trying. But that is lame! You should never give up trying. Monday, I went to the pool and swam 1/2 a mile and wanted to practice my T1 Transition (going from the pool to the bike) but it wasn't working. As I walked to my can, I decided to go for a run. When I started it sucked! I hurt and just wanted to walk but I told myself "You can run for 5 minutes! You know you can go that long! Push it! You can check the time at that light pole!" When I got to that light pole it had only been 3 minutes (I'd gone .4 miles but only 3 minutes)! Dang it! Keep running! But that's not far from the 1/2 way point of he Murray Tri. If I run until .61 miles, I can turn around and THEN I'll walk! When I got to the 1/2 way point, I was going downhill so I felt good and kept running. When it got hard again, I was almost to that light pole so I ran to that light pole. When that was downhill again so I was feeling good so I told myself get to that Parking Lot and then that sign and the I was feeling good and I could see my van. I wanted to get there and then I wanted to finish strong so I RAN and could you believe that I ran the whole 1.22 miles in 11:36!!
I can't believe it! I accomplished 2 things that I've never done before, that I've said I Can't do. I ran a mile (even better 1.22 miles) and I at an almost 10 minute mile!! I was the one who told myself that I couldn't and like a dummy, I believed me! Well, NO MORE! I will push myself! I will do things I've thought I couldn't and if I still can't do it this time, I will accomplish it next time!
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