Two miles down, only 24.2 left. And the words Quiet Drive run through my head for most of the time I am running. It's not a motivational mantra, believe me. It is the sticker boasting the specs of my treadmill. But it reminds me to call up the drive I need to keep going. So far, I have given into my Screaming Pain Tolerance and stopped when my body starts to give up. I am getting better, running for 20 minutes at a time, but I am very aware that I will need to run for a lot longer than 20 minutes to finish a marathon.
I do believe my MP3 player is helping the cause. I have gathered a few songs that seem to help me take my mind off the fact that my knees are killing me and there is sweat dripping down my back. The Black Eyed Peas seem to be my biggest motivator (Let's Get It Started and I Got a Feeling), but I do like I Just Wanna Run by Downtown Fiction, too. And, to throw a little something different in, Gnarls Barkley's Crazy and Run (I'm a Natural Disaster) make me laugh when I hit the point that I think I am going to faint and die (obviously, I am exaggerating). I have found Train's Hey Soul Sister and OneRepublic's Secrets are great for my cool down. I use Survivor's Eye of the Tiger as a warm up. I know, a little cliche but it does the trick at 6 am.
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