Lately, pain.

"Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer." 
Percy Cerutty, an athletics coach in the 1950s and 1960s


The Runner's World quote of the day felt particularly relevant today. I have been training according to the TNT schedule but really suffering in recovery: hobbling like an old lady, unable to get out of bed comfortably and aching most of the time. When I first started training, I would not take advantage of the days off, instead doing pilates or core fusion. These days, I need every minute NOT training. And on top of it, I am an active consumer of eastern medicinals, acupuncture, stretching, massage and naproxin. Makes me ask, am I meant to do this?

Tomorrow is a seven mile run. I am scared and excited at the same time. I am resting today, hydrating and I have a massage scheduled. I will go to bed early, no wine, light but satisfying dinner. If all this does not help make tomorrow easier, this will be a hard thing to internalize. I have to realize that each long run in my training is the farthest I have ever run, and my body is going to groan about that, but I can only pray that at some point it gets a little easier. I can take soreness, it is the pain that undoes me.

I still have faith that this is just hard, not impossible.