The thoughts in my head

While running on the dreadmill this morning I did battle again with the thoughts in my head. First it starts out that I think I am racing the people around me.

Can I pace with them?

Am I faster?

Can I out last them?

I wonder how long he has been here?

That actually works for me.  It challenges me and keeps me going.  That is why I like to run with the hubs.

We rarely talk while we run but I know he is there and that we committed to a distance or time.  That makes all the difference.  Today he was out of town.

Then my running partners (aka complete strangers) leave.

Now I am left to my thoughts.

At first it's good and I would say that God tries to help me out.  He DJ's some good tunes and I continue.  But then I am soon bored with that too.

Time to battle and here are some of the thoughts that can derail me.
You have to go to the bathroom. 

You need to stretch.

You aren't going to have enough time to finish.

You worked out enough this week.

It's good that you just got here today.

This is a fine distance to stop.  Good job.

Do more tomorrow than you planned.

SHUT IT!

Today my answer was to run faster.

I don't know if I thought I would out run those thoughts but it worked.

Might have been that I was running so hard for my usual pace that I couldn't think about anything else except for not falling off the back of the dreadmill.

And bam.

Done.

5 miles in 46 minutes

I think you could have done 6.

SHUT IT!