I just finished a 3.8km run that lasted about 0hh:26mm:32ss !
Where am I looking in this photo? I was sure I was looking at the actual camera lens on my phone, and now it just looks like I was amused by something else. How am I supposed to become instafamous if I can't even take a selfie? I'm doomed!
During my run today, I was thinking about how I had previously been obsessed with being uncomfortable. If I was physically comfortable for a few hours, it would literally make me nervous and I'd need to go and train on something. It helped that my climbing gym was 2 blocks away (intentional) and I'd be there 2 or 3 times a day.
I was pretty active on social media, and really all the way in in the ninja warrior community. I was continually bombarded with people in the community doing amazing things that I couldn't do yet, and not only were competitions very often on my mind, but my weekly ninja classes and parkour classes were mini-competitions in their own right. Every hour spent training and eating right was an hour above my competition... and conversely every hour not spend being rad, was an hour behind I was falling.
I'm not sure if this was a healthy mindset or not... but I do kind of miss it. My run today was easier than it was last week, but I'd still rather be comfortable than uncomfortable. While I'm running, I'm thinking about how good it'll be to not be running... and that's kind of a shame, especially since I know that being active and strong really does make me happy.
I've never really been a fan of running though. I loved sprinting in Indoor Soccer (I'm 1/16th terrier) and love ninja obstacles... but running really is essential to compete properly... so I just have to relearn to crave uncomfortabilitiness or similar.
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