Day 63: 32 mins - 3.75 miles
Day 62: rest
Day 61: 1.5 miles, 20:53 - 3 miles tempo run, 1.5 miles
Day 60: 40 mins - 5 miles
Day 59: rest
Day 58: 30 mins - 3.4 miles
Day 57: 120 mins - 14.15 miles
I just finished reading the book called "Once A Runner". It was about an elite runner who set out to conquer the 4:00 mile. I realized that elite runners face the same mental struggles that novice runners are challenged with. Although athletic condition definately plays a huge part in the performance of a distance runner...the mental strength is equally important. There are times in our lives when we are or will be faced with challenges. Those challenges present the question in our mind...give up or fight? When your entire body is telling you its time to quit its difficult to make the decision to fight. But, we fight anyways because we know by fighting through these challenges we will become better. The longer my training runs get, the more I am able to understand how trully amazing the mental strength is of those fighting cancer. Sometimes I struggle getting through the last 10-20 minutes of run and struggle deciding whether to quit or persevere. Cancer patients choose to fight every minute of every day of thier battle. I think that's pretty amazing.
Furthermore, I recieved an email from my honored teammate Teri. She told me is in REMISSION!! This news nearly brought tears of joy to my eyes. Congrats Teri! She has been fighting so hard and she did it! She told me they tested her bone marrow to determine that she was in remission, which reminded me to update my address on the bone marrow registery. I want to encourage every one to sign up by going to Be The Match at http://www.marrow.org/.
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