Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Did I say that I hate...

...running? Can I change that? I'm not quite sure I love it yet, but I think it's growing on me. Today I ran Week 5, Day 3 of the Couch-to-5K. It's the run I've never before been able to complete, and therefore it's the reason I've never actually made it through the whole program. I remember talking to Siew two years ago, frustrated because I made it through just 16 minutes of the 20-minute run, and appalled that they would even dream of pushing me to do 20 full minutes when I've never done longer than an eight-minute spurt.

I have eaten my words. Chomp chomp swallow.

I think more than my location and my job changed when I moved to Texas. My mind changed too. I believe I have possibilities here. I believe that I'm capable of a lot more than I ever have. And even when I doubt (like tonight when I was cranky and didn't want to run so ate dinner instead), I burst through those self-imposed limits and surprising myself most of all.

2 comments: