today when i woke up i was a little sore from the weekend. i thought to myself, i may not be able to make 4 miles this morning. well, i started off and the first hill was pretty rough, after that it got better. i did have to take a detour because the road i normally run on was completely closed down for construction. so i had to guess my mileage a little. then i almost got hit by a bus. i was running on the side of the road where traffic would be coming at me, on a 12 inch shoulder. then a school bus started coming at me and an explorer was coming from the other direction. no one slowed down and the bus and explorer passed me at the same time. it was a close call.
about the last 200 yards i was running pretty fast. the old # 2 started to hit me again. i tried to go right when i got up, before the run, but couldn't. i guess that just primed the system. but i did make it home.
here are some quotes from the book The Mental Game of Baseball, A Guide to Peak Performance, by H.A Dorfman and Karl Kuehl. "A negative thought is not a quality thought and it doesn't lead to quality action." "Negative programming hinders us both as athletes and as human beings." "So thinking about what you don't want to happen greatly increases the chance that it will happen." the point they are trying to make here is that if you fill your mind and life with negative thoughts, like i can't do it, or don't miss the ball; will cause your life to be more negative. you will believe you can't do it, you will miss the ball. instead think i will try my hardest, i can do it, catch the ball. then your life is filled with more positive thoughts and actions. i will be quoting this book for a little while, it was my favorite book in high school, reading back through it reminds me of why i liked it so much.
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