A runner friend who I hadn’t seen in about 2 months came right up to me last night and asked “when you were training for your marathon, did you have moments you thought you couldn’t do it anymore?”🤔 . I instantly replied “YES”. I had a ton of self doubt. I told her it was going to be tough. There’s no sugar coating it. You just have to be tougher! 💪 . When the training gets tough, that’s when we have to dig deep and push through the mental barriers. Our bodies are so much stronger than our mind gives us credit for. When you think you’ve had enough, keep going. See what happens, you might surprise yourself. 🤯 . She went on to tell me I am one of her inspirations for running her first full marathon. She’s told me this before and I’m still in disbelief. Little old me, inspiring someone to push themselves to new heights?!!! Whaaaaaat!!!!!! She admired how I seemingly just decided to run marathon so I did. While that’s true to some degree, I still trained, I still struggled, I still cried, I was still consumed with race anxiety for months, but You know what? I succeeded!! I told her not to give up. She can do it, because she 100% can. 💯 . My motto is “I am capable of hard things” and so I told her to borrow that when she needs it. And you can too!!!!!! It doesn’t sugar coat the hard you’re going through, but reminds you that you have the capabilities to make it!!! I’m a realistically optimistic kind of person 😁 . . #believeinyourself #iamcapable #itstough #imtougher #runnerfam #confidence #findyourjoy #hustle #noregrets #oneday #dayone #roadrunning #trailrunning #runnersofinstagram #runnerscommunity #runningmotivation #runnerslife #running #dailycalm #yoga #yogamakesmehappy #fitness #fitfam #fitnessmotivation #goals #adventure #getoutsideyourcomfortzone #findyourgreatness #agoalwithoutanactionplanisadaydream #goconquer https://www.instagram.com/p/B0sIrMUF7GP/?igshid=2ccsnw93b9c8