So have you ever had a goal in mind that you really felt you wanted to accomplish, but then as soon as that tiny flame of ambiton begins to flicker and you really commit yourself to taking the steps towards accomplishing it, heaven and earth and all things that ever were and ever will be combine against you to thwart that ambition? That happened to me last night...or this morning...or whatever time it is. (okay, maybe I'm being a little over dramatic, but here's how it went down)
A friend of mine got me thinking about running a 1/2 marathon in February. I REALLY want to do it, for several reasons, but I keep finding several more reasons (like not enough sleep, for one) to put off the training. Well, yesterday another friend and I decided to heck with it all and we were going to start in the morning no matter what. So I set the alarm for 5:28 am (just enough time to feed the baby, blow my nose, and get my shoes on by 6:00 and not a minute more). But of course, my sweet baby who has been sleeping great up until this point decides that this is the night to wake up at 3:30am and not go back to sleep. Joel, being the supportive man that he is, offered to take her off my hands around 4:30am so I could go back to sleep. But you know when you're trying too hard to fall asleep, you become oversensitive to noise. So then the neighborhood cats who think our backyard is the community litter box (UGH! I'll save the details about my raging hatred over these disgusting cats for another post) started meowing and I know they're digging up my newly planted garden, then as soon as Joel hits the pillow, he's out cold and starts snoring, and my legs are tearing up the sheets because I haven't shaved in I won't tell you how long...
Anyways, to the point of this post: I never did get back to sleep. But I got up and went running anyways. On a normal day I would have allowed last night's happenings to excuse another day of procrastination. But the friend who planted this crazy 1/2 marathon idea in my head to begin with gave me this quote that got my tush out of bed this morning:
"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
Amen brother!
4 months ago
6 comments:
Good for you Lisa!!! I don't know if I would have been able to do that! Hopefully you can get a nap in today.
Your so funny on how you tell a story. I wish I had an ounce of your creativity. Good for you on running. That is a great goal course I am not as brave as you. I am just hoping I can make it through the 5K Brooks and I plan to run next month. That's if I am not down for my tummy tuck. Our bishop's wife here runs marathon's. She has done three in one week, crazy. She enjoys it and does really well. I would love to do it one day. Notice I said one day, HA! Good luck on your training and keep me posted on how you are doing. The quote was a great one.
wow, I am impressed. Good for you!
Good times! I am so excited for our "training". I also love your stories. Lucky that I have such an entertaining runnin buddie.
You go girl!
You're totally going to do it! You have to! You will feel so awesome. And that quote totally rocks. PS: If you don't feel ready by Feb (you will) you can run one with me later in the year. Or you could do both. Then it would be like you ran a whole marathon. Woop woop!
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