It is finally happening! After months of running on an elliptical, several attempts at running in the heat and finally settling in on the treadmill, I feel like I am hitting my stride! I start my runs and after a few minutes of legs burning and lugs struggling to keep up with the oxygen needs my body is screaming for, I hit my stride!
Your stride is what shifts your body to an almost numb state and you feel like you could go forever. It is an incredible thing to experience! To push beyond fatigue and into such a rhythm that your legs forget their pain and your lungs steady their pattern to where the cognitive thought that usually accompanies the motion of running is replaced by an effortless exhale of all strain. It is what makes a runner (which I am not...yet) NEED to run! It is the point at which running begins to transform into a time of rest.
Push beyond the pain and find your stride! But don't let it stop at the physical level...move beyond and figure out what it takes to hit your stride in every aspect of your life. There will be times when you feel like you are not in shape enough to push, you may hit the wall and give up from time to time, but when you hit your stride, it will all be worth it!
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