I'm still in shock on the my training days that I am actually out running. If you would have asked me a year ago if I would have been doing this I would have told you that you were crazy. I have people tell me all the time that they could never do what I am doing. I tell them that I said the same thing and look at me now.
The secret is easy. The secret is starting small. The secret for me is a simple app.
iTunes app store link: Map My Fitness
You first have to have a goal. Find something, anything in the near future that you want to accomplish as far as a running goal. For me it was the date of a particular 10 mile run here in Gig Harbor. After that race I found another which was a little longer. Now I figure why stop now? I can fun 13 miles so why not keep training? It's a lifestyle change. Fitness shouldn't be a temporary fix for anything. It should apart of your life just like eating, drinking and sleeping is a part of your life.
It really is mind over matter. The first couple of miles always suck. When I first started running I was only running for about 20 - 30 minutes. The first 10 minutes always sucked. Now that I run 10 miles when training, only the first 4 miles suck. The bright side now is that THE FIRST 4 MILES SUCK because I can run 10 miles easy now. In any thing is life the first part always sucks. My teenage years sucked. My 20's were a little easier. My 30's were messed up but I learned so much. Now I'm in my 40's and WOW things seem a whole lot better. Knowing what I know now, I wish I could go back and shake the younger Rex and slap some sense into him. Unfortunately the first part always sucks and you have to endure and get through it to get to the part where the endorphins kick in and life becomes a little easier to deal with.
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