Running is mental, they say.

Thanks to the Happy Runner for posting this

Sometimes you feel you can’t do it, but you can. You just have to “think” you can.

Here I just willed myself to run 3.1 miles after 5 mos of no running.

But what if you think you can, but you can’t?  Isn’t that how runners get injured?

It was easy when I had a broken ankle.  My body said “no” and my mind was forced to agree.

It is pretty obvious that I cannot run.

The problem is that there is fine line between what the body can do (without risking injury) and what you make the brain thinks it can do (so you can achieve  the max.

So when do you push yourself?  When do you hold back?

Me myself, I seem to push myself in races.  Otherwise, not so much.

I may have had my last PT session yesterday. I am not fully healed.  My ankle is still stiff.  I cannot hop on it.  PT sessions push me.  PT guy J says I can run so I am done.  The healing will take at least 4 more months and that I can do it on my own.

Will I? Can I push myself? But not too much so I get injured.

Time will tell.

Happy Running!  Ever experience the mind and body tug-a-war?