21 Day Habit

Here's to day 2 of 21 to create a new habit! So says Dr. Maxwell Maltz, author of Psycho-Cybernetics.

 From the Aristotle blog:
"Dr Maxwell Maltz wrote the bestseller Psycho-Cybernetics.
Originally a Plastic Surgeon, Maltz noticed that it took
21 days for amputees to cease feeling phantom sensations
in the amputated limb. From further observations he found
it took 21 days to create a new habit. Since then the '21
Day Habit Theory' has become an accepted part of self-help
programs.
Brain circuits take engrams (memory traces), and produce
neuroconnections and neuropathways only if they are
bombarded for 21 days in a row. This means that our brain
does not accept ?new? data for a change of habit unless
it is repeated each day for 21 days (without missing a day)."

Although I have been running for a few years now, I still have periods of time when I seem to have lost that incentive and drive to "get my run on".  I've decided to try and approach my current complacent attitude for running as one approaches creating a new habit.  It's often hard to create a new healthy habit...there's alot that we can put up as roadblocks. As a runner I've found that there is always some way around these roadblocks and most of them are creations I've put in my own head...rather than  reality.  My roadblocks to running today were:  up too late with Mr. Mondavi, up too early with kids, too much laundry/housework/chores to do, couldn't locate my ipod, lake was fogged in, roads were icy, right hip ached with bursitis and on and on and on.

So I ran.

Yes it was foggy and icy and my hip burned wicked.  But when I reached the top of Fitts Mountain, no joke, the fog lifted and the sun came out-my reward for the long climb up.  The lake side of Fitts Mountain could have been better described as Ice Mountain while the back side could aptly be described as Mud Mountain.  Multiple slips and slides as well as mud splatter all the way from my shoes to my butt but I stayed upright, which is more that I can say for my faithful companion Baxter! 

I returned home, in one piece, in a better state of mind.  I was greeted at the door by two gremlins with smiling faces who exclaimed "Mom, what happened to you!  Baxter's a mud dog, that's awesome!"

Fitts Mountain Run-5.04 Miles
http://beta.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/26348208

Running song of the day:  Run by Collective Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=okUrGG66KpQ

Lyrics to Run
http://www.metrolyrics.com/run-lyrics-collective-soul.html


Get Your Run On!