Day 6/90

Breakfast
Banana vi shake
-banana
-shake
-1/2 cup milk
ice

Snack-

Lunch-
1/2 deep pit sandwich

snack
-apple

Dinner- Turkey burger

Today was amazingly fun. I got to run the Volkslauf Mud Run. This run definitely challenged me in many ways more than physical.

The Volkslauf is a 5k mud run hosted by the United States Marine Corp. as a fundraiser in order to raise money for Toys For Tots.The first challenge in itself is the run. It isn't that I can't physically run 3.2 miles, but the fact that I wasn't able to distract my mind with music in my ears.. As I was running, I couldn't help but hear all the runners panting and breathing. This seemed be much louder to me than it probably really was. As I became tired trying to keep up with my uncle, it was a mental struggle to keep running past the tiredness my mind was telling me I was feeling.

That mental struggle became tougher to deal when it came to the first wall. As I was trying to get over the first wall, my weight shifted backwards and I fell 5-6 feet out of the air straight to the ground on my back and head. It hurt. My head was hurting the rest of the run (well into most of my day) and I was walking funny from the way I landed on my back. (I think it is bruised and hope that it is nothing worse.)

Although I completed the entire course all the way through, the fall on my first wall afftected me mentally the rest of the run. Alot of the obstacles dealt with height and all I could think about was falling again. I can honestly say I was scared to complete any more of them due to my first fall. Luckily, my uncle was there to insist on completing the course correctly. Had he not been there, there is a good chance I would have chickened out on the remaining obstacles.

Overall the run was fun. It was a challenge both mentally and physically. I have many battle wounds thoughout my body and I do feel sore but it was an experience I'm glad i got to do. Our finish time was an hour and eleven minutes and we finished within the first 200 of the over 1000 runners.

Doing this challenge, I realize that your mind will give up before your body will.

-When it hurts, just keep going.
Amanda