This past Saturday during the Flavor Run 5k I figured out why, I sometimes do not challenge myself enough and get bored with the same old routine. Why did it dawn on me during the flavor run you ask? Because I didn't train for this 5k (to some people 5k's are a breeze, but to me they are a challenge because I'm not the best runner), and most of this 5k was mostly in grass and gravel in the what felt like 90degree heat. I wanted to give up .25 miles into the race. I was hot, having a difficult time, and had already ran past most of the group I came with, and some of the group I was with was way ahead of me. Even though this was considered a "fun run" I considered it one of the most challenging 5k's I ever ran. But I kept going. Running, walking, running, walking, running. Toward the end of the race I caught up to an old friend. He was walking, so was I. We saw the finish line and we stuck together and encouraged each other to keep on going and started to run again. I needed that. I knew I could do it. The challenge was great and hard but now I have it under my belt.
After running the 5k I no longer felt tired, or defeated. I felt like I won my own challenge and the feeling was awesome. From now on when I start to slip down the slippery workout slope I vow to challenge myself to do something different. After running that 5k I didn't train for, I know that anything is possible!
Pre-race. Didn't know what I was in for.
Post-race, with my awesome trainer from the gym I attend.
My next big challenge will be the Disney 10k in January.
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