Monday, July 22, 2013

Monday Motivation

So many people shy away from reaching a goal or dream because of the immense journey in front of them.  Working as an ambassador for ZOOMA, naturally the conversation turns to..."Oh I don't think I could ever run that far!".  Well neither did I until I did!  I never thought I could cover 26.2 miles until I did.  I never thought I could run 13.1 in under 2 hours until I did.  I never thought I could run over 5000 miles in 3 years until I did.  You NEVER know what you can do until you put in the work and DO it!  Prove yourself wrong!  You don't have to be a marathoner on day one of training.  You don't need to be the fastest out there on day one....you just have to make a choice to start!
How will you prove yourself wrong?  What are you starting or in the middle of working towards?

13 comments:

  1. It's not that long ago when I thought I could never run 50 miles. I'm in week 5 of working toward that now!

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  3. one foot in front of the other.. it begins with a simple step. yes

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  4. I never thought I'd be a runner. I hated it growing up. But here I am, about to train for my first half, and I'm in LOVE with the sport.

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  5. Definitely. It's amazing what we can achieve if we believe we can and go after it!

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  6. I am hoping to BQ and run the Boston Marathon! I am slowly shaving minutes off of my marathon time hoping to make it there sometime in the future! Have a great week!

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    1. You are getting there!!! I'm sure I will be watching you fly down Boylston soon!!

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  7. I never thought I would be able to run a marathon either until I finally crossed that finish line. Someday I hope to do it again.

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  8. I think that this is one of my favorite quotes because it's so true - you have to start somewhere and just keep putting one foot in front of the other.

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  9. Definitely one of my favorite quotes! I never thought I'd run a half marathon..and now I'm training for #8, 9 and maybe 10 this fall :)

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  10. Love this. Small goals really add up to big goals before we know it!

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  11. I'm finally getting back into running more consistently. With my break from racing, it is far too easy to enjoy the rest days. Back to building my base and going further!

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  12. Well said Nancy! I never thought I'd run a half marathon or a full until I did. I remember when a mile or a 5K seemed so far!

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