Keep Moving Forward

 I recently came across an inspiring blog post on the Salt Lake City Marathon Facebook page on the 10 things running teaches you. It is a must for all runners or anyone thinking about running, as it had me nodding my head in agreement while reading each point. I kept thinking about the post during my run on Friday and I knew there was a "lesson" I had to add, because it's the #1 lesson running has taught me.

Keep moving forward! It's my running and life mantra.

Whether its training for a marathon or dealing with a any major issue, there is only one way to get through: Keep moving forward.

Let's look at the options when we face adversity-

We could try and go back, but what good would that do? As my father once said, "those would haves could haves or should haves are all gone." We can't change the past. Nor can we try and go back to the "way it was." The past is the past and needs to stay there.  We can only control where we go from here, so keep moving forward.

We could also stop when faced with a challenge, but we remain where we are and the problem (or number of miles) isn't going to get any smaller. Stopping allows our mind to race, the problem to build, while the situation seems worse. Pain, sadness, and fear can be debilitating, but to overcome the problems we face we must "keep moving forward."

If we move forward we are able to put definite actions in place to overcome whatever we are facing. We can move past troubles in our past, fix flaws, or deal with any disappointment life throws in our way. Moving forward (literally running) helps us defeat anxiety, stress, and depression, while freeing our minds to think of positive solutions or paths that our lives can take to help us become better versions of ourselves.

In your toughest times go for a run and Keep moving forward.

Here is the 411 from today's run: