Don't ever quit!!

Sometimes things happen or your circumstances change and it makes it harder to press on with your journey. These things can make the journey too hard, too frustrating, to discouraging....making you just want to give up!

I would encourage you not to do that.

Because sometimes things are not what they seem!!

When I ran my last 8k, I truly felt like I could go no faster. I tried soooo hard to stay with the fast pack and they just blasted past me. For so long I was running by myself and with nothing other than the pavement to think about, I started thinking about why I'm doing this?

I'm not fast enough to keep up and I'm slower than snot!! I could not see how my training was helping me when I can't make this body do what I want. And then when I came in and checked my time, I saw that I had an 18 minute mile, I really struggled with why I'm doing this. This race had the worse time ever!!! (I mean I could walk faster than that!!)

I struggled all day to hold back tears!! I so wanted to fall off of my running plan. I mean why keep training, why keep pushing my body to exhaustion, why waste my time anymore on something when all I'm doing is going backwards? So frustrating!!

I had to sit with this for a couple of days, until the race final results came in.

So I'm sitting on the edge of my seat and I open the website and found that I came in at 13 minutes per mile. NOT 18 miles per mile!!

I think that's one of my best, if not the best race time ever!!!!

I knew I was working hard, for me, and I knew I could not give any more. To work that hard and think I came in at the worst time ever was tough, but to come in with the best time ever is so encouraging!!

So here's the thing......Even if I did have the worse time ever.....That is no reason to quit!! Even if my circumstances change, things get harder, more frustrating...whatever....That is no reason to quit!!

Do you allow your circumstances or situations to bump you off of your plan? If you are tempted....don't do it. Because a Blessing is just around the corner!! Keep fighting!! Keep pushing!!! And never EVER GIVE UP!!
Keep focused!!!

Surviving Injuries Series #1 ~ Don't Quit!!!

Injuries happen....They just do. For me prior to January 1, 2010, if I got an injury I would quit any health and fitness program I was in. I tend to get a lot of injuries. Prior to my focus on my health and fitness I had shin splints, leg cramps, feet problems, back problems, and of course the Hemi Facial problem. Plus all kinds of ailments and pains. So each time something would happen I would quit my program.

Since I've started my health and fitness program, that wonderful day in 2010, I have still experienced some injuries......

March 2010 ~ Knee Injury...Chest wall Contusion...& Feet Problems....
November 2010 ~ Tennis Elbow...
December 2010 ~ Back Pain...
September 2011 ~ Back Pain...

The good thing is...I have not quit!! I'm still here and I'm fighting to get well!!

A while back my trainer said, "You know, all athletes get injuries." I was really taken back by that, first of all, because she thought "I" was an athlete! And second of all, I did not realize that this happens to athletes. Never thought about it.

It even happen to the greatest well trained and fit athletes of all times. So I was wondering who is the greatest athlete and what happened to them ~ what kind of injuries did they suffer?   According to Greatest athletes of all times, Michael Jordan is their number 1 pick. According to their source and after doing some research, I found that Michael broke his foot the 2nd year into his 18 year basketball career.

If this athlete would have quit because of that injury, he would not have been able to go on to do...

NBA

• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009
• 6-time NBA champion: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 (all with Chicago Bulls)

• 6 NBA Finals appearances: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998

• 5-time NBA Most Valuable Player: 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998^[1][2]
• 10-time scoring champion: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998^[3]
• 3-time steals leader: 1988, 1990, 1993
• 3-time minutes leader: 1987, 1988, 1989
• 14-time NBA All-Star: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003^[4]
• 3-time NBA All-Star Game MVP: 1988, 1996, 1998^[5]
• 6-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998^[6]
• 1-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year: 1987-88^[7]
• 11-time All-NBA selection:

• First team: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998^[8][9]
• Second team: 1985^[8][9]

• 9-time All-Defensive selection:

• First team: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998^[10][11]

• NBA All-Rookie selection:

• First team: 1985^[12][13]

• NBA Rookie of the Year: 1985^[14]
• 2-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion: 1987, 1988^[15]

• Runner-up in 1985

• 7-time The Sporting News Most Valuable Player: 1987-88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
• Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year: 1991
• Ranked #1 by SLAM Magazine's Top 75 Players of All-time
• Ranked #1 by ESPN Sportscentury's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century
• Selected in 1996 as one of the "50 Greatest Players in NBA History"
• Selected in 1996 as member of two of the "Top 10 Teams in NBA History"

• 1991-92 Chicago Bulls (67–15; .817)
• 1995-96 Chicago Bulls (72–10; .878)

[edit]Olympics

• Two Olympic gold medals - USA: 1984, 1992

This is to only name a few things he did. I also think he played baseball and probably accomplished many other things!!

WHAT IF HE HAD QUIT????


What if I quit now? Geez I have had way more injuries than him. I think the only other thing, that I could find quickly, is that he suffered from a knee injury (which I don't doubt).

Thank goodness he did not quit!!!

Thank goodness I'm not going to quit either....Because even though, I may not be the athlete that Michael is, I still have some things that I need to do and accomplish. If I quit, I will never get there.

So I am fighting to survive this injury.

Next in the Series ~ Listen to your body!

Keep focused!!