So today was my very first cross country meet. Unexciting to say the least, so, I won't go into some bloody boring details about the happenings of the meet.
Running is as some people say "mental". I take this to mean two things, 1. You're mental...as in crazy....if you do it 2. What keeps you going is all in your head.
Both of those just happen to be true. During almost every pratice or meet I am sure you will hear the majority of runners ask themselves "why am I doing this?" or say to their fellow runners "I hate this". So why do we do it? Because it makes us strong, which brings us into our second part of the meaning. If you are able to finish a meet you can control yourself with your head. When I run it is a mix of encouraging and talking to myself like an insane person along with random music lyrics. Music is the answer to any and all mental problems.
I can't think of one person who has never wanted to stop or slow down during a race, they would be unhuman...but they don't slow down and they don't stop because in their head they no they can't. It isn't about the people around you or your coachs or even your teammates, it's all about you. This is the one sport where you get to be totally seflish. When you're running and your legs hurt and you're breathing hard you have to ask yourself, " how good will I feel when this is over?" The answer? Amazing
The end of the race is the best part. When you see the finish and you start sprinting the beat your personal time and the girls coming upbehind you and you know how close amazingness is you can't help but kick it in.
Running is a mental sport, but atleast you know you're not the only crazy out there.
Crazy isn't it that I learned this after only one meet? I can only hope the next one won't be worse cause when it comes to me and running I can only handle getting better....if that makes any sense =)
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