Ice, Ice and more ice!

It's the end of the dreaded "Week 3, Day 1" workout day. I've got ice on my shins (as advised by Runner's World, CoolRunnings.com, and more importantly my mother) to be sure that I prevent those dreaded shinsplints from coming back. So I thought that this would be as good of a time as any to blog.

I need to address a familiar voice inside of me that made an appearance this morning. While running I heard this voice that screamed "STOP, THIS IS GOING TO BE TOO HARD! JUST STOP NOW!" During our training this morning I was able to run the first 90 second interval without the menacing voice yelling at me. However, another 90 seconds later when the 3 minute interval came up I felt this pulling in my chest and the voice screaming in my head: "You are NOT going to be able to run for 3 minutes, so just stop now!". Of course being the rock star that I am, I continued on. Three minutes is now up and I finished it with NO problem (except that little hill as the end that caused me to struggle). So why? Why does my mind tell my body that I can't do it?

I mentioned that this voice is familiar to me... this is the very voice that has caused me to quit running so many times before. This is the same voice that has caused me to quit so many other endeavors before. Again, I ask the question why? Actually, no! My question is not why but HOW...How do I get it to stop? Is every run from here on out going to be an internal struggle played out in my mind?

Rest day tomorrow -- walking on campus with my buddy. :)