It’s week 2 of my half marathon training
and I’ve done a great job this week making sure to follow my training plan and
getting all the miles in before the sun rises.
That is, until this morning.
Something about knowing the spring-like weather that we’ve been spoiled
with the last few days was over and it was back to cold and windy conditions at
5am made me decide to trade in my running shoes for my dumbbells.
Don’t get me wrong. I love weight training, (it’s actually my
all-time favorite type of exercise) but I promised myself I’d follow the
training plan exactly as written and already in week 2 I’ve let myself down. I didn’t let myself spend much time being
hard on myself, though. I decided that
as soon as supper was over and I had a chance to catch up on how my girls’ and
my husband’s day was, I was going to lace up my running shoes, bundle up with a
couple of warm layers and get a few miles in.
Sometimes it’s hard to be disciplined
but at the end of the day, that’s the only way to reach your goals. When I ran tonight in the cold rain, I
thought about how fortunate I was to be able to run instead of thinking about
how nice it would be to be at home by the fire watching HGTV (my weakness!)
So the next time you’re tempted to let
yourself off the hook, just remember that you have a choice and the choice you
make will either bring you closer to your goals are further away from them.
A favorite quote of mine is: “The pain of discipline is nothing compared
to the pain of regret”.
