Day 15/63 - August 4th, 2008 Workout - Running

August 4th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

I went running today and I hit my 9 week challenge goal already!  When I started a couple of weeks ago the most I ever ran was 2.2km.  Today I went out and ran 4.7km and only stopped once!

I adjusted my running technique a bit and now I feel like I run forever.  I could have kept going today even, but the dog got tired and pretty much refused to run any further.  I actually out-ran the dog - which is amazing to me because he’s incredibly hyper.

I wonder if it’s all because of the technique change, or because I started thinking about it differently as well.  In the past I thought about running as something I was just plain bad at.  The last couple of times I went out, I felt really confident and had a really positive inner dialogue before going out running.  I completely believed that I could run longer and I did.

If that’s not proof of the effectiveness of positive self-talk / attitude, then I’m not sure what is.  It makes me think about what else I hold myself back from doing because of the way I think about it in my own mind.

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