25:30 minutes later. "What's your name? Age?" and the number 36 was scribbled down on a paper. Runner 365 had beaten her record by more than 10 minutes! I was so thrilled, that behind all that exhaustion and possible collapsation, the first thing I did was go get my medal. It wasn't clear what that number 36 meant, but all I knew was that I beat my record. I had pushed my limits. |
I was agitated, happy, fidgety, but most of all NERVOUS. I had ran more than five kilometers many times before, but the fact that there was a tracking chip on my shoe, and that I wasn't Camila, but Runner 365, changed the situation. It wasn't the same as running many times around my local street. I was being timed; this was what scared me the most. I had only timed myself once before, and I ran a five-kilometer distance in more than 35 minutes a couple of months ago, so I hadn't the least idea what to expect. No expectations, no disappointments? Was that how the saying went? Well, I could only agree to some extent, because though you can't get disappointed, you do get extremely nervous, in my case. I would have never thought I'd find myself writing one of these (what I'd call) "cheesy" posts, but I had never viewed from a different perspective. Behind all the support, all the positive remarks, and all the opinions, I came to realize that what truly allows you to push limits is yourself. Nobody has the power to motivate someone more than the person itself. There were moments where I started considering slowing my pace, but began thinking, "Is this actually my limit? Or is it just my mindset?". I don't think someone else would have asked me this because they wouldn't have known how much I wanted to beat my record. Today I learned that self-motivation, is the greatest kind of motivation, if one is truly willing to believe in him/hers
elf. I pushed my limit today, and today my limit has improved. Will I push it again tomorrow?
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Bill Cotter
3/30/2015 12:06:19 pm
Camila, as a runner myself I really could relate to your post this week. I like how your introduction conveyed the nervous feeling that you had and included media to support what you were saying in text. Also, I like the way that you described the mindset change from Camila to Runner 365 and how you repeated the idea of Runner 365 at another point in the post. Finally, your conclusion and reflection showed that you thought through what the race meant on a larger scale. You also make an important point about how only we know how bad we want to accomplish a certain goal. Congrats on your awesome time! Diigo: https://diigo.com/07h8ep
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