If you run with your mind and your heart...I promise your legs will follow

If you run with your mind and your heart....I promise your legs will follow.
You can follow all the training plans you like, but until you come to terms with the fact that your mind and your heart control the forward motion of your body, you will not honestly know what you are capable of, or how far you can push yourself!!

We have evolved into naturally lazy species. We always look for the easy way out. Your mind will by instinctively respond to fatigue or discomfort by convincing the body to stop or quit. The thoughts begin as the symptoms begin. However, once you can strengthen your mind to overcome these negative thoughts your performance will improve DRAMATICALLY!! The next time you feel the urge to stop before the end of a run, ask yourself "WHY?" Is it because your out of breath? Not likely. Are you unable to put one foot in front of the other? I bet not...In fact, you probably started thinking of quitting a quarter to a half mile ago but you somehow managed to keep running while contemplating giving up...SHOCKER!!!

Your Body is capable of so much more than the mind would like to think. Your mind will make you believe you are done...but fight it...fight back!! You will be amazed at the results..

Run to run. The next time you are on following some predetermined training plan and you have to run exactly X amount of miles because the plan told you so, ask yourself..."why can't I run how far I want to run...because I WANT TO RUN?"

It's called breaking through. Once you have this break through, you will understand. If you are motivated by your waist size and a run is 2 or 3 mile redemption for the donuts you couldn't resist last night then you just won;t get it. If your pre-run routine includes stuffing the headphones from your ipod into your ears and saying to yourself, "OK...Let's get this over with"....then your missing the point. The day you run to run and you create a relationship with your running, will be your breakthrough. Your mind and heart can and will take you to the places unthinkable to most, impossible for many.

Then, at that moment of your break through, when people ask you why you run...you can say for the first time WHY NOT??