I've been joining 10K runs since 2005, (I think) so I guess it's really high time that I aim for the longer ones: 16K, 21K and even 25K. I'm not exactly a fast runner, but what I lack in speed I make up for in endurance (like running the whole day while everybody else is going to sleep...joke). I don't have a proper training guide to follow, (I haven't finished reading the running guide Jun sent me supposedly for the Subic marathon) but I should really start taking running seriously.
Most of the time, running is a mental struggle. Forcing yourself to take another single stride when all your leg muscles are screaming in pain takes all of your will power. It's so easy to give up, especially when you start seeing others walking, or when a steep route seem to stretch like, forever.
Here's where your prime motivation, the raison d'etre for participating, comes in. Obviously, getting fit and slim are on top of everybody's agenda, but when you run and take with you your stresses, anxieties and worries, when you finish, you know that you can overcome these things in the same way you overcame your physical struggles for completing the race.
I know, I know. It's sooo Oprahtic, but hey, it works for me.
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