I intend to go long this morning and run 20 miles. I'm having a cup of coffee and a cinamin raisin bagel right now to fuel up in preparation. I'm also drinking the coffee and eating the bagel to delay getting started.
Long runs can be SO intimidating!
The DisneyWorld Marathon is in 2 weeks. I want to do really well and today's 20 miler will be my third since last month's New York Marathon. I've never done 3 such long runs in this stretch of time. Doing it will surely (hopefully!) make me totally ready for a terrific Disney performance. So you can see why it's important for me to get out there.
So why am I procrastinating?
Though I like to run very much, what I REALLY like is to have run. Then I can bask in my accomplishment, enjoy my breakfast and write down all my run statistics. If I did well I can compare my stats to similar runs and bask in feeling how much better and faster I'm becoming.
But it just takes SO long to "have run" when the planned distance is so far. And it can get boring and even painful to be out there for such a long time. And sometimes I can raise an uncomfortable blister or stub my toenail if it hasn't been cut short recently, or rub the skin on my thigh raw or... And today it's gloomy and cloudy and rainy outside and that's not so nice. And...
...And any more of this talk and I'll never get out there. What's wrong with me? I'm about to run my third 20 miler since the NY Marathon in preperation for Disney for the first time ever! A monumental achievement that can be reflected on happily many times after I've done it no matter how chafed some of my skin may become. One that can ready me for an even better achievement at Disney!!!!
Wow, how can I be more motivated than this? Bagel and coffee, done! See ya later.
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