18 miles in the rain.
Three and a half hours of running and being rained on constantly.
And actually, it was good. I felt strong and I think the extra stimulation of having to watch where I was stepping and trying to avoid pot-holes and trying to keep warm actually made the run go faster.
I got home from the run and felt great. Not overly exhausted or sore.
With Christmas a few days away I am very grateful to myself for the gift of running and for the experience of committing to something and just doing it.
I had a chat with a friend who said that they were jealous of how inspired I was about running for Michelle and if they could just get inspired that would take something on.
Inspiration is great. But what I am learning is that inspiration often comes after action and not the other way around. I was not inspired to run in the rain. Not at all. But I had a commitment and so I did it. The inpiration came at about mile 16 of 18 when i could experience myself running easily and knowing that I was building towards creating something amazing for Michelle and everyone else involved in this project.
The inspiration for me comes when I choose to inspire others and often for me, that means taking action before I feel inspired.
Either way, it is the commitment followed by the action that has me sitting here smiling and knowing that I have run 18 miles and there are still three months to marathon day.
Here is a quote that my friend Alicia puts on the end of her emails. I love it:
"The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating — in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life." - Anne Morriss
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