Today - on a 6 miles snow run - I had my first doubts about the upcoming 100. No real reason for it - I'm coming off of three 50k races in a four week block. Feeling strong and recovering well. Yet the doubt hit me none the less. I have a choice. Let the doubt consume me and give less than my best effort race day and in training. Or - use the doubt to fuel both training and race day performance. In essence doubt is just a thought - no real meaning behind it until we assign our own personal baggage to it. And we all have baggage. And we all allow it to take control of our thoughts at times. It's natural. Yet we can just as easily cut the cords to this baggage and allow it to once more be a thought that passes. No need to add the weight of our anxiety to a thought - or at the very least keep it weighed down. We cut the cord with the knife of awareness. Nothing more. Just by simply observing the thought, noting the thought and even noting the baggage attached is enough to set us free. Awareness brings choice. And it's choice - and the wisdom gained - that equals true freedom.
Peace,
Eric
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