Run Happy!

There are always reasons why we dont do something. Or wont do something. Excuses are so easy to come by. There is a saying: The person that really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse.

I am the princess (not old enough to be the queen!) of excuses.They come so easily. Its tough to see past the excuses to the object of my desire and reconciling what I have to do to make it happen.

I once dated a boy who said to me during a hissy fit, "but you always get your way". While this may be probably true, isnt that the point? Why would anyone get in an argument to not have their way? I didnt do the girl-thing and apologize to him, I think I said something along the lines of "yeah...and your point being...?" You can see why that relationship never worked out :-)!

The point of the little story above is that its ALWAYS easy to take the lazy way out. It has been so obvious lately that I havent been running happy. Sometimes you just need to suck it up and be happy dammit! Its no secret that I strive to be a better runner everyday that I run. I want it to be better than the last. What have I been doing lately to get there though? Answer: a big fat NOTHING! I drag myself out of bed and clock in some miles. So annoying! Because I'm innately competitive and my runs lately have sucked mainly because of my attitude. I have been slacking off, making excuses to not go fast, eat better...as a result of which I dont run as well, get grumpy and sad again...until the cycle repeats itself.

Anyway, I started this morning with a vow to "run happy" no matter what. No negative chatter allowed! Did it work? Well, I did 130 minutes of stairs this am, 1500 single repeats. It was only after 90 minutes when I felt like my body was responding. One down, only about 100 workouts to see if this approach works!