So it really is quite interesting. I started running about 4 weeks ago now according to my lovely couch to 5k app and the runs are increasing significantly in how much they test me each time. Jordan and I continually have the debate about what ‘good enough’ looks at and in reality for me, sometimes just getting out and leaving the house is good enough.
Sometimes I just dont want to run, I want to sit on the sofa in my comfies, watching Greys Anatomy (other programmes available) and do nothing. But the silly app and challenge I have set for myself dictate that I need to get up and run.
So this leads me onto my next thought process, what is good enough for this challenge?
I am not a runner and I have never ever professed to a run of getting my trainers on and going for a run. I have at points in my life quite enjoyed going around on a little jog, even partaking in a 10k once but I am not a runner per say. Now, this changes when you put like something for me to run towards, like a football, a rugby tackle or some kind of padded up American Football player to tackle and suddenly running seems a hell of a lot more interesting.
Now when I really don’t want to do it, what gets me off the sofa? And what do I say is a ‘good enough’ run?
Jordan is very much someone who likes to go all out like most of the time. So for him EVERY RUN needs to be full best effort, trying to push the distance we run (the only thing we can do when following the couch 2 5k) but for me, I am just not that kind of person. I mean don’t get me wrong, sometimes I want to go all out, and it isn’t that I don’t want to try my best but sometimes all I’ve got is good enough.
So this means when I’m absolutely knackered, I haven’t slept well, I haven’t drunk enough water, I haven’t eaten properly, I am stressed or preoccupied and the list goes on for me, just getting out and going for a run is good enough because I have won the mental battle with myself. When my Ulcerative Colitis is telling me to rest, or my slightly niggling knee injury is playing up, just getting my running shoes on and getting out of the gate it good enough.
I am not someone that is aiming for perfection, I am aiming for good enough. And this is the end of my rambling post about what a ‘good enough’ run is, thoughts? Do we always need to be pushing the boundaries of what we can do? Or sometimes do we have to just say that what we have done is ‘good enough’?
Enough blathering on… heres the link to my fundraising, lets help me turn my ‘good enough’ runs into a London Marathon and some serious fundraising for Mind Charity because they are awesome.