Matter over mind

[run_chica_run]

Before reading this, I had no idea that others had the same problem as me - first few mins my mind just says stop stop stop! I had it at week 3 and now again on week 4, but my body can do better than my brain thinks it can. Very strange., but gratifying.

[ChrisL Graduate]

Oh yes, absolutely! I am now up to 10k but I often get an almost overwhelming urge to stop after only about 300m, Its as if various parts of my body are saying 'what are you doing, stop this now'. If I am running on my own I would say I ALWAYS get this urge to stop (possibly because I start off much faster). However if I keep going I do eventually settle into a rhythm where I am not really thinking about it. I don't think I am 'in the zone' quite but I may be getting there slowly.

A thought that I have had many times is that if I didn't know I could run so much further then I would definitely stop. I think that is one of the miracles of the C25K programme - that by building up slowly you learn that you can actually do something that you previously thought impossible, even if you body still thinks its impossible...

[run_chica_run]

Yes. That's why it's so useful to have a voice in your ear to tell you what to do. It drowns out the voice in your head!