Yesterday I did a seventeen mile run as part of my marathon training. Last year at the same time, I was huffing my way through my first 10k. I have learned a lot about running and myself in the past year.
One lesson has been that your body is a liar. Your legs are not going to fall off. Keep picking them up and putting them down. Your lungs are not going to explode. Just keep breathing.
The most important lesson is that I, nor likely you, are psychic. But you can predict some self fulfilling prophecies. I can't promise that you can run a 5k, a 10k, a half-marathon, a marathon or an ultra-marathon, but I can promise that if you don't run the first fifty feet you will never know.
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