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It’s just a story I tell myself.

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20 May

5k

I’m not a runner.  I’ve always said this.  I’m not built for running.  I’m not good at running.  I have flat feet.  I get wicked shin splints when I run.

I have told myself this story for as long as I can remember.  I have never been a fan of running, even back in gym class in elementary school, when I was young enough to run like the wind!

Yet last Saturday I found myself at the starting line of a 5K.  I had not prepared or trained.  I know, 5K is not really that long, but to a non-runner it is.  My family and I had intended to walk the trail (there were others walking) and then enjoy the Cupcake Festival that followed.  Let’s face it, we were there for the cupcakes.

The setting was a beautiful orchard and the weather was cool.  The race began and I started to run.  My first thought was Why am I running? I am not a runner.

I kept running.  Though I did interject spurts of walking along the rocky trail, I realized that “I am not a runner” is just a story I tell myself.

The truth is I CAN be a runner.  If I choose. I finished with a sense of pride in myself, and yes, the beginnings of shin splints.

But more importantly, I challenged my story.  I still don’t enjoy running.  I’d much rather grab  my roller blades, hop on my bike or hike with my family.  And I still have flat feet and the challenge of shin splints.

My new story: I completed a 5K.  I am a runner, IF I choose to be, but I choose not to run.

Unless of course, there are cupcakes involved.

What story are you telling yourself?  And how might you rewrite it?cupcakes

 

 

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