MARATHON CHALLENGE - PART 6 A DIFFERENT KIND OF WALL

So I'm back, well back on the blog. It feels like it's been a while, and I think avoiding looking at this Blogger page is a part of a larger problem. I've been avoiding it, and in turn, avoiding running. I mean totally and utterly avoiding running, so I haven't had any updates to give. This is therefore the first stage in getting back on the horse (or into the rhino costume) as the case may be.

I haven't been running recently and today it doesn't look like I'm bucking that trend, I very much think I am a fair weather runner (and its been a shoddy wet westcountry day today). I am coming up with new excuses now, but quickly running out; I can't claim being new to the area any more, because I've been here (Bristol) for three weeks; my friend Kate has shown me a good, leafy and varied route, so I can't claim a lack of inspiration; and my other mates seem quite capable of getting up early and running before work, even when they start earlier than my 9.30am, so that just puts me to shame really. Therefore given these ample opportunities I am now having to face the fact that the only obstacle in my way, is me, and a wall of my own making.

Frankly this is probably laziness, but labelling myself as such is not motivation in itself. So how to break this well constructed and beautifully pointed red brick barrier. I think, in part, it's in overthinking things, it's imaging in far too much detail, just how bloomin wet, cold and down right freezing it is outside. So for the third Monday in a row I am setting myself a challenge, not as tough a challenge as a full blown marathon in a rhino (which is my fate in April), but the very immediate challenge of kicking myself out of bed at least an hour earlier than necessary, heading straight for the crusty trainers and getting out the massive green front door. What makes this different from any of the other three of my Sunday declarations? Well, put simply, I think I feel more accountable when it's in writing. Hence putting finger to keyboard seemed like the first step through this particular wall.

If you are starting to get an idea of how much I am not cut out for a marathon and are therefore concerned for me, why not make a contribution to Save the Rhino on my fundraising page. Because if one thing's for sure, it's for the rhinos that I've got myself into this mess! And it's for the rhinos that I'll drag myself out of bed A WHOLE HOUR EARLIER.

Until next time!

Cheers.