Each one of us, no matter who you are, have failed at something at some point in our lives. Sometimes it feels like we fail and thats the end. Thats not true. failure will never be fatal, no matter how bad or irreversible it seems, never let your failures, dissapointments or mistakes define you or where you’re going.
Conditioning of the mind vs. Conditioning of the body
10×800 – one minute rest in between
10×1000- 90 sec rest in between
16×400- 90 sec rest in between
These are all some pretty killer workouts! Considering there all fast, and on a track. The mental strength it takes to get through one of these workouts is probably that of equal to the physical aspect. A year ago I would’ve considered one of these maybe one of the hardest things ever, in life! (Given I’m short in years and limited in experience) but now I see that being inured is harder than all of these workouts. -Not physically that’s for sure. But now I really see the importance of having mental stamina, strength and perseverance. Running is a crazy sport!! Since being injured I’ve really seen and realized the conditioning of your mind is just as important as the conditioning of your body. As runners we’re obsessed with the long run, the classic tempo, the short stuff, and though we’re not all that ripped, the strength. All of these things condition and push our body’s beyond our limits. This is what going through an injury does to your mind. Some may not come out victor. It’s totally your choice. You just have to mentally stick it out, exactly like all these killer workouts.
Look at Meb Keflezighi for instance. Winner of the 2014 Boston marathon. Many people, coaches, fans, fellow runners, and doctors said that he would never make it back from a hip fracture that left him crawling(literally) two years before. He could barely turn over in bed. But stayed loyal to his passion and his dreams. He had the mental fight that he needed to make a unremarkable, unbelievable comeback and went on to win the Boston marathon. Was it easy? Heck no. I’m guessing it was harder than any workout he’s ever done. When everybody lost hope for him, he never did. Meb is an inspiration.
With mental strength anything is possible.
To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
Believing in yourslef in good. Yes. But in order to be a champion, we need to believe in ourselves when nobody else will. Yes I’m sure a lot of people believe in you. But we can’t always depend on others to believe in us. Sooner or later there will be one day when the only one keeping you going is you.
Every person in this world(and every person reading this) has the potential for greatness, no matter your gender, age, size, ethnicity or beliefs. Only the ones who have the strength to truly believe in themselves and keep moving forward are the ones who will experience this greatness. Believing in your self when times are hard can reveal character and will. You can’t rely on your mom believing in you to achieve greatness, it’s fatally important to believe in yourself.
“Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith”
Do not doubt your faith, God is there when you least expect him to be, he’s there when you’re about to break, if only you let him in.
Hope is a powerful thing
“It’ll be better tomorrow or the next day”-What they all say(/hope)
Bent. Not broken
I’m 15 years old, I’m a sister, friend, cousin, athlete, daughter(obviously), quessadilla/cheesecake/pie lover and obsessed runner. I’m a national champion in the 2000 m and a two time national medalist, I’ve held and broken several provincial records for Alberta track and field. My goals for 2015 were to make team Canada for the world youth championships. I really believed I could do it. Some people would argue that I peaked too early, or that a burn out was inevitable, but I thought I had it all planned out until my dreams came crashing down in March 2014 when I injured my knee while skiing. I’m currently still coming out of my injury and getting back to running.
Later that September I was diagnosed with severe scoliosis. I know nobody has it easy. I’ll be blogging about the ups and downs of my journey and I hope I can inspire you to dream big and never give up. Alwaus remember, if you can take it, you can make it.
This is my story