No, I’m not a paid sponsor for Nike, but the famous phrase perfectly describes my experience at the gym last night. Since I work during the day on Wednesday and Thursday (often in Santa Maria), I find myself at the gym more often these days. You all know how much I dislike running on the treadmill, but when you compare that to running at night all alone, I think the choice to go indoors is a no brainer!
So there I was at the gym last night, tired from a full day of work. I knew I needed to run at least a little bit (the Chains of Love 15K is one month away!) so I headed to the cardi0 cinema to make my treadmill adventure as painless as possible. Only thing is, the cardio cinema was closed. So, I headed to the cardio equipment area… only problem was about 70% of the machines were out of order! All of the treadmills were taken and the only machine open was a bike. I was about to settle for some cycling when fate stepped in. A very nice man gave up his treadmill so I could have it.
Filled with a renewed sense of hope that I could actually have a decent run, I popped in my Ipod and looked up at the six plasma TV’s, hoping to find something entertaining to keep my mind off the treadmill. As my luck would have it two of the TV’s were broken and the four others were showing some mildly-offensive programming on the Spike TV channel.
The most incredible part about it was that despite all these things that could have kept me from hopping on the treadmill, I managed to turn out one of the best runs I’ve had in months! I ran 5.2 miles straight and walked the rest to get me to 6.0 miles! It took me more than an hour but it felt absolutely incredible!
So that’s why I chose the title “just do it” for this one. There will always be a reason or an excuse NOT to work out, or NOT to do something. But sometimes you just have to push it all aside and go for it anyways. You never know, things just may turn out better than you expected.