Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Running Skeered: Part C


OK, anyone else tired of the parts?

Here's the conclusion:
Cried myself to sleep Friday with fear in my heart. The plan was to run 8-10 on Saturday morning. How was I going to do that? What was I doing to myself - to my body? What if I had to have surgery and therapy and ... and ...

Before bed, I loaded up the Wii Fit and completed a few Yoga sequences. Me and Yoga. That makes me smirk. I am so not a Yoga girl. But desperate times call for, apparently, desperate measures (not that I have anything against anyone who IS a Yoga girl; I, myself, however, would not describe me as one...). I also iced my hip, stretched it - a LOT - and fell asleep praying. Praying that God would heal the pain and help me run one marathon. That's all.

Saturday morning I woke up.

Pain free.

I ran 8 difficult miles Saturday morning.
(Mental fortitude and attitude are vital to a successful running goal.
Fear = High Likelihood of Failure.)

So, the moral of the story?

Pray.
And do Yoga.
And Pray some more - with a bag of frozen peas in your lap.


The End.

2 comments:

Gramma 2 Many said...

So glad you are feeling better:)
I got a good chuckle from your conclusion. Going to cook those peas for dinner tonight?

Frizzy said...

YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Sweet! Thank you sooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
much for the beautiful picture and inspirational poem. I LOVE IT as you knew I would. Looking for the perfect place to display it in my home.

I am very happy to hear you were able to run and were pain free the next morning. Your words are inspiring to me and I will be coming to you for a lot of that in the weeks to come as I begin to prepare my own body for this journey. LOVE YOU!

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