I learned something new aobut perseverance yesterday. About a mile into a 10-mile run, I ran across a stretch of sidewalk covered with those ping-pong ball sized brown spiky seed pods that fall from sweetgum trees, and I rolled my ankle.

By the 5-mile mark, I began to feel some pain in my
ankle, knee, and shoulder and considered calling it quits but I couldn’t. I had
a schedule to keep after all. The second 5-miles was
not any fun at all. I walked all the hills, feeling the pain more in my ankle
than my knee, but I still couldn’t quit.
I kept thinking about the Run the Bluegrass course and knew it would
take far more from me than completing this second 5- miles.
I struggled on
and while my time was seven minutes slower than when I ran 10-miles two weeks
ago, I was pleased to have completed the run. I’m sore as all-get-out
today and I’m taking the stairs very slowly, but I have the satisfaction of
knowing I didn’t quit yesterday. I ran with
pain and discomfort and finished the run. That was something I needed to know
I could do.
I'm discovering that now
that I’ve made the decision to self-publish THE RUBY BROOCH, things that I
feared before like running with pain and putting my story out to the world are
no longer things to fear but blessings to embrace. My comfort zone’s
boundary has been extended. How awesome is that?
Happy writing and running,
Kathy
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