This weekend I ran further than I've run before. I decided on a goal milage and I went for it. Around 3/4 of the way through (my previous longest run) I started dying and so began searching for ways to motivate myself because I there really was no reason I couldn't do it and I refuse to be a wimp. Finally I found myself singing in my head:
Just put one foot in front of the other.. and soon you'll be walkin' cross the floor. Just put one foot in front of the other... and soon you'll be walkin' out the door..
After all, what is more motivating than Christmas specials?
Eventually, even little animated Winter Warlocks don't do it for you. But I wasn't done, yet so I had to bring out the big guns. The song I keep in reserve for when I'm really dying and need to keep going, the song that picks me up and tells me: you can do it, you can do it... I'm Every Woman. Not the wimpy assed Whitney version. The original - the Cha-Cha-Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan version. Two times through that song and I was all set for the rest of the run.
That's what does it for me... what motivates you?-----
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~I only run if I am chased as well (jen)...but congrats on your determination, here's to achieving that goal!~
Posted by btezra | October 28, 2006 1:44 PM
Posted on October 28, 2006 13:44
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well, you know what i say?
"if you ever see me running, you know what to do, right?"
"shoot the guy that's chasing me."
i guess that means that a guy chasing me motivates me.
or something like that.
Posted by jen | October 28, 2006 1:44 PM
Posted on October 28, 2006 13:44