In September of 2021, at one of our boot camps, we did the Black Belt 2km run. I clocked in at 17:20. I was actually really proud of myself that day, because, although the time wasn't awesome, I did not stop and walk at any point. I pushed myself to keep running, even if it was only at a snails pace. This led me to including a personal requirement for the next IHC year (2022) to achieve a 2km run in under 15 minutes (yesterday I had mentioned 12 minutes, but I looked back in my blogs and see now that I was mistaken). Based on my old blogs, I see that I succeeded in that goal and had achieved a personal "best" of 12:11 by the end of the Year of the Tiger.
Then, in June of 2023, I had my foot surgery. Which obviously kiboshed running for a time. But in our chat yesterday, when saying it out loud, I realized that, 1) I haven't run since that time, and 2) that has now been 2 years ago. This nagged at me afterwards because some of the words and phrases that came out while I was talking were like nails on a chalkboard.
"I should really start running again..."
"I'll get back at it at some point..."
Once coffee time ended, these little phrases jut repeated over and over in my head. I hated the way they sounded and I thought to myself, "So when? What's wrong with now?".
So I put on my runners and I went for my first run in over 2 years.
Not only am I proud of myself for finally doing it. But it wasn't near as terrible as I thought it would be. Once again, I didn't let myself stop and I ran the whole distance....because I knew I could...and my time wasn't as bad as I imagined either (stats in the pic attached).
Once I was back, stretching on the grass....I just felt really, really good.
So I challenge the rest of the team. If there is something within your goals that you keep putting off for this or that....ask yourself "What's wrong with today? What's wrong with now?"
It really does feel good.
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