To run or not to run is not a question

byUltimateless

3.3K followers

Updated 7 years ago

I have had the biggest fight with myself this morning!

Let me back this story up.

Last week I managed 3 runs on the four days I was in Sydney. But this week was a disaster!

Monday I was still up in the mountains and as I have said before I don't run up there, have you seen those mountains? You would have to be as fit as superman to run up those mountains and have good brakes going down them.

So come Tuesday morning I thought I would go for a run but I woke up feeling really tired, I mean really, really tired (that's my excuse and I am sticking to it). So I wrote off Tuesday morning.

So I said to myself I will run Tuesday evening but the clouds were really ominous and looking like we were going to have torrential rain. So I didn't go and it turns out it didn't rain Tuesday evening.

Wednesday morning it was raining so obviously there was a 'no show' from me. Wednesday evening, same thing!

Now this morning I wake up and this is the fight I had with myself:

Uplifting-Me = UM and Depressing-Me = DM

So I have an UM-DM-UM-DM-UM morning.

UM: Let's look outside and see if it's still raining?

I look outside and everything is very wet.

DM: We can't go running in this weather!

UM: Hang on, let's walk outside and see how bad it really is because you really can't tell through this window.

DM: I don't know why you bother, it's obviously raining cats and dogs.

UM: We're going out anyway.

I don shoes and walk outside.

UM: I don't feel any rain.

Outside there are these workmen digging up our path (4.15am, who does that?) so I have a word with them and they tell me it's been raining on and off every 10 minutes.

So I walk back inside and the conversation continues.

DM: See I told you we couldn't run because it's going to rain so we may as well go back to bed.

UM: It didn't look that bad to me, I think we should go for a run, and besides you end up being soaked with sweat when you run anyway.

DM: That's different. I don't want to be soaking wet before I start running.

UM: It's the easter weekend and you won't be able to run this evening because you will be in the mountains.

DM: I will only miss this one week, OKAY!

UM: What's going to be your excuse next week?

DM: Lay off me, I am going to bed.

UM: Look if we go out and it rains before you get to the Bay you can go back to bed, OKAY?

DM: I don't like that deal, it sucks! I mean really sucks! With a capital 'S'.

UM: You haven't been doing well with your diet have you?

DM: HEY! That's below the belt. You know how well I have been doing in spite of being on my weight loss plateau.

UM: That's right, so DON'T BLOW IT NOW!

DM: Okay, but if it rains before we get to the Bay I am coming back.

UM: Deal !

So I do go and it doesn't rain until I am 3/4 around the Bay and we have a heavy mist/light rain for about 10 minutes and then it stops.

As usual I feel fantastic after the run so I don't know why I keep having these arguments.

Yes I do. It's 50 minutes of gruelling exercise. Plus 30 minutes of walking which is okay I guess.

Here is my cheer squad who egged me on. So I had to go because of these three. I hope you girls are happy now. :)

VeronicasLuv Premium Top 50 a day ago

Well maybe this will inspire you Michael, I've actually been thinking about buying some running shoes!!! All because of you!!!

CarolE1 Premium about 23 hours ago

No, LOL V for Michael to run and we will cheer him on :)

JeanBrickley Premium Top 100 about 22 hours ago

Hey. I thought the cheerleading was my job!! :)

Thank you so much for cheering me on, Vaddie, Carol and Jeannie.

What this post is really about is having a stiff talk with yourself about any goal you set for yourself and carrying on in spite of all the obstacles you will face every day of your life.

Make today a momentous day and every day of your life.