(singing) you can do it if you really want, you can do it if you really want, but you must try, try and try, try and try!

[HectorsHouse]

Hopefully you'll find this motivational

Here's the thing.

Every single time I run I do something that I think I am not capable of.

when I started 5k seemed impossible; but tonight I flew round my 5.2km course, keeping a pretty darn steady and quick pace up a hill that, on week 6 I was VERY glad to be on the "walk" section of my run. I timed it to be 31mins, which I was really happy with.

This week I have ran a total of 48km for SAMH...

On Tuesday I ran 7.21Km, just because I added what felt like a reasonable distance to my organised route (originally 5.6km, I wanted to just make it 6km, as I was feeling well). And then on Wed I added another 8.20km!

Every run there comes a point where either my breathing gets funny, I get too much saliva, my right knee refuses to loosen up, or my right calf feels tight. But I know that if I just do my best, I can often exceed what I actually planned to do.

So now I have two aims; run a 10k

And run a 5k in less than 30 minutes.

To do the sub 30 min 5k I'll have to work hard - i ran my socks off tonight just to get to 31!

But I KNOW it's achievable.

This for me is all a great big reminder of a big life lesson - that if I cease to worry about whether something is actually achievable or not, and just get on and do it to the best of my ability, I'll probably manage it. A very useful lesson for me, as one aspect of my depression is that I can just sit and worry about how well i'll be able to achieve something, if I achieve it at all...

So keep on running!

[BigEd]

Well done Hectors, fantastic achievement! Ed

[SBG356 Graduate]

Absolutely brilliant HH!! What an inspiration you are!

I echo your thoughts and as another song goes, "dont worry 'bout a thing, cos every little thing gonna be alright...." and it usually is!

I'm sure you will do your sub 30 mins 5k in no time; fantastic!

Sue x

[ange123 Graduate in reply to SBG356]

I remember a friend teaching me to use that song as a worry-buster when I was about 8 years old. Weird that it's stuck with me for life!

[ange123 Graduate]

That's a good life lesson for us all!

[Pearsey]

Well done Hector! Oh I remember that record-still love it! I used to sing it when I had a particularly difficult thing to deal with.

[vixiej Graduate]

Desmond Decker and the Aces covered that (and no, I don't remember them first time around!). I love that song and the Bob Marley one.

Lovely blog, inspiring, I think I'll go to bed with this one top of mind to psych myself up for a great run tomorrow, thanks