I know that those words come from a Petty and The Heartbreakers song but on a recent jog those words kept running (no major pun intended) across my mind. \u00a0I have been checking in with all of you from time to time as I get ready to run my first half marathon in Walt Disney World in January 2012. \u00a0I am now about six weeks into my training and I have about two months to go until my big race. \u00a0I have now hit the point in my training were the newness and excitement of running has certainly started to wear off. \u00a0So as I lace up the running shoes three times a week I have to continue to find ways to motivate me to get out there and run. \u00a0Firstly I have committed myself mentally to the challenge of completing the race. \u00a0I like to challenge myself mentally to accomplish things that my mind will many times tell me that I cannot accomplish. \u00a0Battling the mind is tough but the process of saying “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can” is applicable to so many other areas of our lives. \u00a0I tell my two boys every day that I believe they can do anything they set their mind to so why should I be any different? \u00a0My mind sometimes almost wins as the cool nights come around, but I know that I will regret not getting out there just as I would live with regret if I do not finish my race and I do not receive that Donald medal around my neck. \u00a0Hopefully I will continue to battle my mind and it doubts each and every run.<\/p>\n
Secondly I have committed myself emotionally to accomplishing the challenge of finishing this race. \u00a0I have read and heard continually that there is no feeling like finishing that first long race and receiving that medal around your neck. \u00a0I have seen the pictures of the medal that I will receive when I finish my race but I don’t think that will match the pride of my accomplishment. \u00a0I also have been able to experience smaller emotional boosts as I have run distances that I have never been able to run before. \u00a0I ran 6.5 miles the other week and that was a huge boost to my confidence that I can do this. \u00a0I know that if I allow myself to emotionally be discouraged that is going to be huge obstacle to me reaching my goals. \u00a0Again, I know that this idea is apart of all that we do in this world. \u00a0I am also thankful that my family and friends have been amazingly supportive of me in my running goals. \u00a0They have told me that they are proud of what I have done and will be my biggest fans as I get closer to my goals.<\/p>\n
Lastly, I have been continually been able to dip into the motivation that running Walt Disney World will provide. \u00a0Each time I run I know that I am that much closer to my trip in January. \u00a0I know that morning when I wake up that I will be running in places that I love and will be able to experience things that not every Disney fan is able to be a part of. \u00a0I have envisioned what I will see and I get excited about things that I might not know of that will be waiting for me. \u00a0As I run I know that each mile will be different than the rest and that as I near the finish line in Epcot I will find that little extra that I will need to continue. \u00a0I will make sure to savor every last step and as I cross that finish line I will look back at all the hard work and know that it was worth it. \u00a0I also have the joy of knowing I will be relaxing that evening in the Magic Kingdom and probably reward myself with a Dole Whip and maybe a Mickey Bar. \u00a0I mean come on I just finished a half marathon I deserve to reward myself right?<\/p>\n
I know that those words come from a Petty and The Heartbreakers song but on a recent jog those words kept running (no major pun intended) across my mind. \u00a0I have been checking in with all of you from time to time as I get ready to run my first half marathon in Walt Disney…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-walt-disney-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86599,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316\/revisions\/86599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}