{"id":175,"date":"2019-01-06T20:42:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T20:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joshfrom.nz\/?p=175"},"modified":"2019-07-10T08:18:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:18:10","slug":"5-things-running-has-taught-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshfrom.nz\/index.php\/2019\/01\/06\/5-things-running-has-taught-me\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Lessons from Running and How it Applies to Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It was a Saturday morning. The alarm jolts me awake at 6am. I really didn\u2019t want to get out of bed, and it took a good minute or two for me to get orientated. I stumbled to the kitchen where shoes, shorts, and shirt were waiting. I made a coffee, ate a bowl of cereal, and, just before 7am, I headed out the door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I ran 21.3km that Saturday morning \u2013 a half marathon \u2013 not an official race or event but just a normal weekend long run. How did I get to the point where I can wake up at 6am on a Saturday and run a half marathon for kicks? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now just to be clear, I won\u2019t be setting any records, but I can run a decent distance at an average pace. I have been able to run most of my life, but I have never consistently stuck with it. It\u2019s been something that I\u2019ve done in fits and bursts \u2013 go hard, fizzle out, pick up again 12 months later, repeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s only been in the last year and a bit that something has changed. In 2018 I clocked up 139 runs, with a total distance of 1201 kms. My PB\u2019s are not amazing, but I am proud of where I have got them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n