Day 2 before the workout....

Written before doing the shred workout of the day...

Today, all day I have been in pain - every time I went to raise my arms, moving my legs, keeping my arms in one position for too long, reaching for things and having a painful shoulder, every time I went to stand up, all over, most of the time today I have been in pain. Because of the pain, all day I have been putting off doing the shred workout for today. 

While putting off the workout, I decided to google quotes about pain and suffering combined with giving up/not giving up. I came across this quote and it really made me think....

"Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; 
just never give up." 

-Dean Karnazes 

For me in my life previously, as sad as it sounds and as much as I hate to say it, giving up has always been an easier option - I dream big dreams, set goals (which in the end I realise are not as realistic as I thought) and as soon as things do not go the way I want them to, I feel like taking the easy way out and giving up. Either that or I freak myself out so much that I either end up doing things just to get it over an done with or freak myself out so much that I am just too terrified. 

Seeing this quote and thinking about this quote made me realise even though im aching with pain, even though everything hurts, even though right now I can't imagine completing this goal that I have set... I've done it once before and I am going to do it again. Even though it seems so unreachable, the finish line for the goal is right there - I just need to run when I can, walk when I have to, crawl if I must and not give up to get to that finish line. 

Each day in this shred workout is a goal in itself - each 30 minute workout that I get through is most certainly a milestone. 

This whole marathon/half marathon that i've said im going to do - flip its going to be a beast and a half (or half a beast) but just as I have decided I am going to do with my shred workouts, I will run, I will walk and I will even crawl if I need to but I will do this half marathon!