Limitations are What We Place on Ourselves...118 Days to go

WOW!! I just completed a late night run. I felt great!! Not once did my heart hurt and I only stopped once!! I haven't ran for 2 days, but I felt great today. I just google mapped the point I ran to and it is 1.82 miles and I did a round trip, thus, I ran 3.64 miles approximately. I really thought it was A LOT farther, but I am still estatic about that run. I completed the run in 37:57.57!! That is a shade under a 10:30 mile pace!! I have to run a 9:10 pace to get this four hour marathon!! I felt like I was running so fast, but I guess not that quick. It took me 19:11 to get to the midpoint, then I walked for 49 seconds and got back in 17:57!! So somehow I picked it up on the way back, I am beginning to realize that I start at a very slow pace and then slowly increase to a steady pace. Honestly, I can't believe that was only 10:30 mile pace, I truly thought I might have been at 8 minute mile pace!! At the same time, I cannot believe I pushed myself to run all the way to that intersection!! There are lots of hills along the way and it just seems to be quite a ways.

When I started this run I planned on only going 20 minutes and to stop at this specfici neighborhood, but at the turning point I challenged myself to push myself to the intersection. And I did it!!

The reason I titled this blog "Limitations are what we place on our ourselves" is because this thought kept running through my head the entire run. Running is so psychological and it is making me more mentally tough. NO WAY did I truly think I could run that distance and keep up that pace (a strong pace I thought)!! Somehow though, I had some inspiration in me and I EASILY accomplished the feat. The mind is truly a funny machine, the more experiences I have in life the more I realize that only I can stop myself from accomplishing what I want to do. I really do not care what the challenge is, no one can stop me from achieving that challenge but myself--THAT IS IT!! I need to keep this fresh in my mind in all I do: whether it is completing school work, keeping my car clean, getting enough sleep, making sure I floss, becoming a great baseball coach, WHATEVER!! If I TRULY want it, then I can have it because no one can stop me!! Actually, one person can...ME!!

All right, time to get some work done and get ready for my first day of school tomorrow...no students, just faculty inservice!!

PS. I drove back from Memphis today, I ate at Central BBQ down there today and BOY OH BOY, if you go to Memphis you better head there!!