The Saturday run today was 7 miles along my favorite C&O Canal, but before getting myself out of bed and getting there by 6 a.m. I made all kinds of excuses why I could not run this morning.
I was up with bad dreams during the night.
I was worried about news about a family member.
My hip hurt.
My leg hurt.
It was going to be too hot.
After tossing and turning all this over in my head I decided that staying in bed would not solve the problem with my family member's medical condition, nor could I do anything about anything at 6 in the morning, and I remembered that although my leg hurt while I was in bed, it didn't hurt while when I ran last weekend, so perhaps it will not hurt today. As far as the temperature, well... it is only going to get hotter, isn't it?
So I got up and got out and met the Road Runners at Gateway Park and had a wonderful run along the beautiful C&O canal. It was hot, but not too hot on the lower path which is all in shade. My leg didn't hurt and I was back at home before 8 a.m. and feeling kind of proud of myself for not giving up and not giving in to negative thoughts. Plenty of time left in the day to deal with other issues.
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