It was uphill and, well, my training has been relatively flat to date! My breathing was laboured, the sweat was starting to glisten on my forehead and the quads, oh the quads were burning. Those powerful negative thoughts flooded in and I wondered - what have I done?!
Just a few minutes up and the path flattened, I breathed a sigh of relief (caught my breath) and thought perhaps I could do this. The trees were massive, the cool air refreshing and once we got to the look out it was absolutely worth it! The hike wasn't all that hard, actually I really loved it and cannot wait to do it again!
It's those thoughts, the negative thoughts that take hold and refuse to let go. That is the most frightening part of this journey for me - that I will be bombarded with the negative thoughts and talk myself into a fear so deep that I get stuck. I am thankful that I had this little gimps of negativity because it has shown me just how much work I need to do on the mental preparation part. That I cannot forget to put as much into the mental preparation as I do into the physical preparation.
Tonight, I am writing out some reminders - things to memorize so that when the going gets tough, I am armed with some positive thoughts.
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