New Running Mantras

Coming back to running after being forced to take a long hiatus hasn’t been easy. The reality of my current fitness and what my legs/tendons can tolerate has been hard to swallow. My injury has completely changed the way I approach running right now. Before I was aiming for negative splits on every run and would race the clock no matter what distance or speed I was supposed to be aiming for.

Now I repeat “Slow it down” and “I’m okay” over and over again over my runs. I’m constantly finding myself trying to push the pace or panicking about not being 100 percent yet. While I want to fly, for now I need to remember to “slow it down” so “I’m okay” on race day.