They say that when you run you will grow weary and then, out of nowhere comes your second wind which carries you for another good portion of time. As you run more and more, your first wind gets longer and longer, before the second one comes. This is just one more reason to practice running and exercising. So, while I have not run at all this week because I am working in Portland, I am still looking for that second wind. My heart is growing weary and tired, I feel fatigue trying to attack from behind and my patience/ tolerance level wearing thin. However, I am digging deep and pulling it out, it's that second wind. Here it goes! I will push forward, put on my smile and face life with vigilance today. I am not going to let the weakness of the other runners, or in this case, the complaining of the people around me, effect my life and where I am at. I will not compare myself to them or look at them with negativity. Actually, I am not going to look at them at all because they are super discouraging. I will keep running, laying aside every encumbrance.
While I am giving myself the pep talk, my life feels the way my legs did at mile 11 in the last half marathon, weary and heavy, hard to move, yet I have no choice to keep going. Life is coming at me, the distance in the run is still there, so I may as well put one foot in front of the other, and attempt to do it well.
I am off to go locate my second wind, wishing that it was like a brightly colored easter egg so that it would be easier to find.
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