Month: November 2013

5 days and Counting!

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In 5 days I’ll be running my first 5km;  a Movember MoRun that I signed up for in August!  I’m still feeling pretty good, although if I really stop to think about it I get a little hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach.  I think the nerves are there, simmering under the surface.

I know I can do 5k.  Technically I already do because on running nights I walk 2km home from work (briskly!), get in and changed and stretched and then I’m back out running my usual 3km route.  I shouldn’t be nervous about 5km right?!

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3km worth of confidence

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I’m not a self-confident person. At all. I have difficulty believing or thinking good things about myself, in fact I feel guilty when I do because when I think something nice about myself it feels like a lie. In my head I negate every achievement or compliment by downplaying it or making excuses for it. As I get older I’ve been getting better at being kinder to myself, although it’s still a struggle.

Except when it comes to running.

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