Good run today. Felt strong.
Ran 3.1 miles with 3 walk breaks in 43 minutes.
Ran without stopping 1.75 miles
Ran first mile in 13:30

Today’s running epiphany:
When you deal with repetitive pain (like running)
that you can’t make stop, eventually you build up
a resistance to it. You learn to deal with it and move
your mind to a place where it no longer thought of as
pain, but rather simply part of nature. Pain gets
integrated into your normal. Your coping skills
become refined.

You don’t really have to acknowledge it to deal with
it. You don’t have to give it more power over you by
recognizing it as pain. Denial actually is a good coping
skill sometimes when practiced in measured amounts.

My goal right now is to get to the point of being able to run 3 miles without stopping. It’s more a mental goal then a physical one I think. I can’t seem to shut off the screaming in my head that says “You can walk… who cares?” So my plan is to just slowly increase the time I run without walk breaks.

Also my gym is closed next week when the kids start school, so I am going to run outside. Alone. And if the gods are smiling on me, I wont see anyone I know.

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