So if you've read anything of what I've been putting on here for the last year, you know that I've had a horrible time of healing from a rather unfortunate injury. I'm still not healed and I'm still not back to normal, but I'm sure as hell trying.
I went for a run today. I do run often but I try to mix it up between swimming and biking just because I don't want to aggravate my injury again. So although I try to work out every day I haven't been super crazy with the running.
After my doctor cleared me to start working out again in May, I had a really hard time motivating myself. I was out of shape and often my feet bothered me and it was so much easier to just put it off until later, and then later put it off until the next day. But honestly, that made me feel like a complete loser.
Today during my run I was reflecting, mostly because my iPod was dead so Katy Perry wasn't there to motivate me. And about 2 miles into my run (I did a total of 3.3 - outside through town, not on a treadmill) I was like "Holy crap, I feel like a superhero". And I did. I wasn't tired, I wasn't out of breath, I felt so awesome! I finished my run 4 minutes faster than I had done the same route just three days before and I felt so so so good.
It makes me really proud of myself to realize that even though I didn't want to work out today, even though my head told me not to do it because my iPod was dead, or not to do it because it was getting dark, or not to do it because I was too tired and wouldn't be able to go very far, I did it. I did it and I felt great. Two months ago I would have let my head talk me out of going and I would have continued watching Netflix in my room. One month ago I would have let my head convince me to stop and walk at some point, maybe even to turn around. But today I proved to myself that I can do it, and that feels really great.
