Aimee Mullins - TEDTalks

Running on Light

Today's Run Like a Mother blog for some reason brought a lump to my throat & tears to my eyes. Running is the one thing I've done for myself and has brought me a tremendous amount of self worth. As a woman that does struggle with depression, is on the go 24/7 with little sleep and a lot of pressure, running is the one place I feel truly good about what I'm doing and it fuels my mental creativity (I've developed alot of things out on the road, created movies, written books, blogged, solved life's problems). My best friend told me today she is in awe of me and I do not know why. Because it's a life of pure survival. Either get up & go or sit down and lose with those around me paying the price.

So I get up, I go - I get up and run. And often, the light of my soul is found there.

There is where I feel "I CAN".

Fueling yourself off road

This year I’ve definitely brought the run into a more mental realm. Before it was just trying to make it through physically and ignoring my tired mind. But I discovered actually reading about running and amping up the information in my brain about body, mechanism, mentality, fuel, distance – pure information that powers me while I’m pounding the ground. It’s made me very aware and stronger physically as I use the information I’ve gained while I’m running. It’s validated the need for strengthening both mind & body during off hours. Instead of feeling pain, I now can place the pain to a muscle or joint or body part and have a visual of what’s going on and maybe how to fix it. How to run differently next time for a better result. What fuel I need to not crash. Etc. -
We nurture our kids & families – I’m learning how to nurture both my mind and body