Thursday, October 20, 2011

Close your eyes and relax . . .

.....unless you're running!

Today, I was a little less than enthusiastic about my run.  I've mentioned before that running is definitely a mental thing and sometimes I have to have some serious conversations in my head to keep going.  During my run this afternoon, I really wanted to stop and for a brief second.  I blinked for a little longer than usual and thought to myself, "That felt really good and relaxing. I should just close my eyes and . . ." DUUUH!  You can't close your eyes and run right! RIGHT!  It was nothing short of a blessing that I opened my eyes and noticed the big pole in front me not two feet away!  The whole process happened in a matter of seconds, but I swear that two seconds felt like a few minutes.  That's just how bad I wanted to keep my eyes closed. The situation could have ended far worse and I could have run right into the massive pole in front of me, tripped or anything! 

I laughed about it and completed the remainder of my C25k run thinking of the possibilities.  It was quite distracting from the work of the run and that was welcome!

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