Whoa - woke up this morning at 7:40am and it was a torrential downpour. Nothing like living in a rainforest climate to make you want to stay in bed. It was so tough finding the motivation and inspiration to get up and go running this morning. The usual inspirational thoughts were continually followed by negative thoughts that ended in my wanting to go back to bed. It certainly didn't help as I ate my cereal that I was looking out on the rain as it seemed to come down harder and harder. I considered going back to bed and running on my own in the afternoon rather than with the team in the morning, but then I looked at the weather forecast and it called for heavy thunderstorms all afternoon, so it was the morning or nothing. Again the thought occured to me that there are people unable to do what I have committed to doing because they are fighting blood cancers. I had to go.
As I drove over the Burrard Street Bridge to Granville Island, one lane of traffic had been closed off for a marathon in progress...and I thought, well, if these poor guys can do it, certainly I can! They had already been running for a couple of hours in this weather. It was definately a smaller group this morning. I wasn't the only one who had a difficult time making it to the run this morning, but I felt good about having made it there. It was cold, I am still getting over my cold, and I worked late last night...but I made it. I ran at a slower pace than normal, but in the end my 15km run was completed in 1:39, and I felt good for having done it. After all it was just rain. I didn't have to endure chemo. I didn't have to suffer pain. And I felt great for having done it at all!!
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