Yes, this has been my motto over the last couple of days. I decided to do a 7 mile run over at the HK tri course, and I didn’t do any of the above things except smile. I don’t know whether it was the 4 hours sleep or if it was just b/c that run course is so tough, but I was struggling. I wouldn’t have smiled but all these racers were passing me going the other way and I felt bad enough not doing the entire tri that I had to force some kind of grimace.
So, for the rest of the week I have told myself to not look how SLOW I am going and to just enjoy myself. It has worked! Take the pressure off myself and the whole world is good. Just going out for a run is great, I can’t explain it. The day seems so much better when you can do a run and get everything off your mind. I wasn’t concentrating on speed, I was paying attention to all the beautiful scenery around me. Nothin better than that! Boy are we spoiled, if only we always appreciated the pretty place we live.
