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This week’s Word is HUMBLE
I looked up the definition of HUMBLING and this it what I found:
- causing awareness of your shortcomings
- making you realize that you are not as good as you thought
I have not found anything as humbling as running!!!
RUNNING IS HARD!!
- Running up hills is humbling!
This was at the beginning of my last half marathon (and at the end)!!
- Running injured is humbling!
I hadn’t been diagnosed yet but I was in pain and it turned out to be a stress fracture in my right foot. I ran 2 races with that injury. I have also run with a broken foot in addition to other less serious injuries.
- Running in adverse temps (cold, hot, rain, etc.) is humbling!
I ran the Love Run Half Marathon in Philly in cold monsoon-like rain. I also ran 2 other halfs in the rain, one in the freezing temps of January and one in the heat and humidity of July. All were very tough, to say the least.
- Running after a long layoff is humbling!
This photo was taken after finishing a half marathon in March 2013. It was 16 months after serious ankle surgery. My previous half had been in November 2011. It was definitely harder than I thought it would be.
- Falling during a race is humbling!
Unfortunately it has happened to me twice. Both times, I was just cut up and not seriously injured.
- Trying to run fast is humbling!
A flat course where it all just went wrong!!
Often, you get spoiled and when you have a good race, you think all of the ones after will be.
Not so!!
I ran a half in 2:09 and then the next one I struggled to finish in 2:20, and the 2 after that were even slower. Humbling!!
I’ve had the same experience with 5ks lately.
and I think MOST DAYS RUNNING IS HARD and sometimes IT IS also HUMBLING!
Happy Running! What do you find humbling?
My First 5K and More... 
I can relate to all of your humbling experiences and to sum it up Running IS Hard but quitting would be harder 😉
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Yes. So true.
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So true!! Who knew running could be so humbling!!! Humbled every race/training run!
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me too
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Ohhh, the bloody knee ;(
Running continues to humble me often in this challenging season.
Lots of running clothes and shorts humble me
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Yes, the ones that show the cellullite on my thighs
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I’m so grateful for all the miles I get to do. Because yes, running is humbling!
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I think I’m humbled every time I run. It is never easy. And that’s probably what keeps me going back for more! A great pic of your injury! Makes you look like one TOUGH chic.
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Yup, every time we think we’ve got this running thing the running gods just laugh at us in some cruel way.
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Yes, they do.
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I have had all of those humbling experiences! Falling in a race is both humbling, and embarrassing! I think in running, and in life, we are better than we think and not quite what we want to be.
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That is so true.
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Oh this post almost any runner can relate to. Coming back from injury now, every one of my runs is humbling and I am trying to embrace just being out there pounding the pavement.
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Hope you continue to heal and are back to your old self.
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