Failings, human and otherwise

[neonleonb]

Two recent failings:

1. I ran the 5k on Sunday doing better than 8-minute miles, as I'd hoped. Unfortunately, I was also lazy enough to walk for part of it. I can make excuses of several sorts, but basically I just didn't push hard enough. I'll have to see if I can fix that--for starters, by stopping the walk at the top of the hill on my daily run.
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Comments

[anonymous]

Sometimes you have to stop and walk. It's not a big deal. I've run out of steam during morning runs with Ruth before, when we were only running at like a 9 minute-mile pace.

todd.

[neonleonb]

That's true, but the experience of it was telling. I could feel that if I only exerted the merest bit of willpower, I could keep running. But I felt lazy, I didn't see the point, and I just decided it wasn't important enough to keep running. And that's actually the best test of willpower--the ability to do stupid hard things, not important hard things. Anyone can do something difficult if they have a reason; the trick is to it just because you said you would, just because you ought to, just because later you won't remember the miserable parts but will remember the achievement.

[squeakywheel]

You are too hard on yourself. I am very impressed that you did a 5k. Rock on, Leon!