harddeck242’s BodyBlog

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you…..As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

-Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

I’ve been giving a lot of thought "post-gym" to how I keep myself aware of my state of play. At work we say that to give 100% customer satisfaction 100% of the time takes 100% clarity.

I feel I lose that when it comes to my own workouts and health and fat "post-gym". I don’t have the support or comforting surroundings or encouraging words from trainers re size etc. This means that it truly comes down to a race that’s long and hard but regardless of where I’m running it, the race is always ever against myself anyway.

And to win it takes focus, clarity of my goals, and complete CONSCIOUSNESS. Start each workout with a quick run to work out the kinks and build focus on plan for the morning then when run is finished, MAXIMISE IT!

Wow. How can you not feel punished when the rain feels like little pebbles against your cheek and the wind is so bad I was the only person I saw for the entire 35 minute run along the boardwalk.

8 more weeks to C2S and I bought my new Brooks today. I have to laugh every time I plan on going for a "short" run and then write down the words "8" and "KM" in the same sentence.  As if I ever thought that doing 8 kms in anything other than a powered vehicle was nothing short of insane. Need to tighten up my diet thgouh as I’ve been enjoying the break from the gym a little too much.

Maximise!