9-23-13 Running a one sided love affair


Right now in my training book I am supposed to write a positive affirmation paragraph about me and running my marathon, and training. Right now I am still trying to figure out what to write and will include it at the end of this post.

Today is the first day of an overall increase in distance. I will be doing a total of 24 miles this week.

Today: 4 miles
Tuesday: 5 miles
Thursday: 4 miles
Saturday: 11 miles

I can run that in my own way because I am a marathoner.

Today I tried something a little different when I ran. Let me explain my thought process. I want to improve my mile speed. So I figured I could do that through pushing myself harder on my runs. So here's what I did, my 2-3 minute walk warm up and then started my run. I ran at my regular pace of a 13 minute mile until I reached 3/4 a mile, then upped the speed to an 11-ish minute mile until I reached my 1 mile, then stopped and walked for 2 minutes and repeated the process for miles 2 and 3 also. Mile 4 I walked for a third of it then finished off running it. I hope to increase my time at the faster rate until it takes over my current time.

The reason for my title today, a few weeks ago my wife informed me that sleep doesn't like me, and last weekend I confirmed my body is only somewhat fond of my after being so sick, and today was the realization that I like running but it doesn't quite like me yet. It's warming up to me don't get me wrong. It would even go as far as to say that we know each other. But is unsure still if it likes me. I should win it over within the next week or two as I start piling on more and more miles.

Affirmation:

I run because I have fun with it and I like it. I run because I am changing my life one step at a time. I am a consistent and strong runner and I will run my marathon to completion. My legs are strong, my lungs are strong, and mind is strong and the three together make me a strong and healthy man. When I run my mind is clear and I am able to sort though challenges in my life. I run because I am changing my family tree starting with me, and letting it filter through the generations. I run because it stabilizes my mood better than medication. I am a marathoner.

Thanks For Reading,
Riley

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