Today I had my first medium run of the week, a 10km run. Very proud of the progress so far because of two reasons, today I felt like I could push further and faster and I broke the 1hour bench-mark (set by previous timings).
During the run I couldn't help but think of a recent phrase I read from the book "Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, in which it said and I quote; "The life of a college athlete is hard", and I must admit even being an ammeture athlete such as myself it is difficult to keep giving your 100% at both sides of one's life. Admits all the studying and training sometimes the mind and body just want to shut down and not take a single step more, but that is the sacrifice which you have to be willing to do, to take that one more step and convince yourself that the finishing line is near.
To add onto this training in this kind of weather, cold, windy and gloomy it takes a lot of sacrifice to take that one step but it only lasts for the first one or two kilometres, then it's complete and utter freedom. You even start to feel shielded from the cold air hitting you. You only feel it at your extremities and especially when it hits your lungs but even that goes away especially when you reach a tricky or challenging part on your route.
I am starting to see some considerable progress. Will keep you updated
Mark
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