Community

So... I have been traveling now for just over a month. I have attended camps and did some construction work in South Carolina. I've been trying to keep up with the miles on my training plan. Today is the first time that I struggled completing the miles.

I am feeling the tired legs and sore lungs. It is so hot that sometimes my shoes are still wet the next day. There have been many times on these runs where I thought about just sending a message to my trainer, quit the idea of becoming ultra and learn to like Cheetos. Yet I keep going. 

One of things that has really helped me to keep going is community. There is a local running group called the Yellow Donkeys. It has been great to lean on them, ask questions and even vent about training.

I love this quote from Hellen Keller: "Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much". I am grateful for the community of runners that I have encountered over these last few months of training and look forward to being spurred on by them over these next several months.

One more step. One more minute. One more mile.