Train Insane or Remain the Same. My 16 yr old son has a shirt with that saying on it. I haven't really given that much thought until today.
I met up with my fitness-trainer friend who talked me into doing this half marathon, and we completed a training run this afternoon. I'm not going to lie, it was hard to do it today. I don't know why, but it just was. In fact, a little over halfway through, my mind started spinning with all sorts of negative thoughts. "I'm not going to be able to do this." " My legs are hurting- I need to stop". "I am so tired. I need to quit" "I can't breathe" (which is a lie because I'm still alive lol) And then, I don't know why, but "train insane or remain the same" popped into my head. And it made sense. I realized that I absolutely MUST finish the run. And, I absolutely MUST do every training run, and complete my goal of running that half marathon. Because I don't want to remain the same.
And then, on our last leg of our run I saw my car and sprinted to it. And my body said Hallelujah.