Hold on, WordPress…where did the inspiration for this prompt come from? Have you been stalking my social media accounts? Did you see my post yesterday where I bragged about having gotten up early to go running for five days in a row?
Regardless of where you got it, good job on the timing with this one.
Today was day 6 of getting up early to go running. I’m really enjoying it! I knew I would, I’ve always loved running. I’m also seeing small improvements even after only less than a week of getting back out there. My legs, at the very least, have stopped hurting. I can take the three stairs up to my front door with normal steps, not like my mother-in-law with her bad knees who had to put both feet on a step before moving to the next one. My shins were the last part of my legs to give up the pain.
While I am indeed building (or rebuilding) my fitness routine and making it a regular part of my life again, I can’t honestly tell you “how” I’m doing it. I’m just…doing it. Nike was onto something with their “Just do it.” slogan. Because that’s what I did. I’ve been thinking about running again for a while and last week I decided I’d start it up again. So, I set my alarm, actually got out of bed, and went running. Making it a regular part of my daily routine just takes some visualization. When the alarm goes off in the morning and all I want to do is go back to sleep, I visualize myself out on the road running the route I created around my neighborhood. Imagining myself running helps me get out of bed and dressed so I can get out there and actually run. It might not work for everybody, but it definitely works for me!
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