My hand slipped and I lost my first blog...yuck...basically, today I learned that the filipina asthma treatment ain't gonna work. For those of you who don't know what that it is simply mind over matter as well as pushing past the discomfort until your body does what you tell it to.
It's sort of martial law for the lungs: "you'll open up and allow oxygen in if I have to force it through using brute force." Well, so far it's been working, but now that we are increasing intensity and distance pushing my lungs ain't gonna do it.
I am putting away my stubbornness along with my winter clothes so that I can run this marathon correctly without losing consciousness, cuz you kinda need that to run...jajaja
So marathon training is teaching me to get rid of some very bad habits and learn to deal with my limitations. Sometimes, we have to shake of what we learned as kids and start from scratch. So I'm starting from scratch. And I need my inhaler, if I am going to make it. Especially, because we ran on pack dirt and the last mile or so was completely unshaded and the finish was one mini hill. But after 3 miles, a mini hill looks like a mountain! But I pumped my legs even though it felt like I was running on quicksand and my lungs burned hotter than the sun beating down on my legs.
Even though it felt like my lungs were gonna fly right out of my mouth and every poorly-oxygenated step made me want to stop and walk, I kept telling myself to keep the rhythm of my breath as a marker. And that if I could just go around this corner or down this stretch, I would be okay.
And that my faithful readers took me 3.5 fucking miles today!!! I have walked 3 miles before I have even run/walked 3 miles before, but I have not run 3 miles straight in 2 years. And today I ran 3.5 miles!
So I just need to tell myself 23.2 more miles of pushing myself.
Exhaustion tasted like the acquiescing of my stubborn streak in order for me to train properly and finish strong.
See the unbelievable has happened - I let my stubbornness go. If I can let go of my stubbornness for a good cause, how about you let go of a few greenbacks for a good cause! Please donate! Thanks!
Roxanne Villaluz's Team in Training Website
http://pages.teamintraining.org/cca/nikesf08/rvillaluz
Casimiro Llamas, Jr.'s Team in Training Website
http://pages.teamintraining.org/cca/nikesf08/cllamas
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