To Push the Edge

Training is a big part of my life these days.

I read a lot. Talk a lot. Sweat a lot.

And I love it.

But there are days when I want to push myself beyond.

Not always do I find a way to do that.

Except for last weekend.

You’ve heard the term Bonked.

It wasn’t that I Bonked. More like I went beyond my threshold of what I thought my body could do.

I so remember at one of the FEAT Talks a runner saying, “The body follows the mind.”

For me I was cycling. I’d already tallied the totals the day before and run as well. Hadn’t eaten enough, clearly. Still went for it. Following my powerhouse cycling pal, @TisCath up some long elevation gains.

It so hurt.

I kept thinking of the Pro Cyclists and the Tour de France.
So I pushed, and I pushed.

Honestly, at one point I didn’t think I could do it. Calling out “Damsel in distress!” came to mind.

Then Lance Armstrong’s line, “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever,” swirled around in my head.

“I can do this,” I told myself.

And I did.

Later on it felt great.

To go beyond. 
To push the edge.