Today I ran 5.5-6 miles. Well, not run all the way, but most of it. My knee hurt so much, and my hip flexors were so cold and tight that I started to wonder,”Why am I doing this?”
The answer is easy. I need to. I need to know that I am not as old as my body sometimes feels. I am pushing middle age, that is true. But I am not pushing scary and these challenges that I put before myself are just my way of saying that I will always keep going. I will not stop learning, growing, evolving or trying. Complacency is not in my personal life vocabulary, not when it comes to my health. And training for this half marathon may not be a big accomplishment to some finer athletes, but for me it’s a great analogy of life itself. A little at a time.
Going the distance. Finishing strong. I may not run the whole 13 miles, but I will finish. And that is the best answer I have.
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