The Yogi Berra Principle

A quick disclaimer before this post, be forewarned the following post might not be as funny as the others today. I just wanted to apologize in advance, but it's Friday, it's been a long week and I'm looking at having to work through the weekend because of other people's ineptitude. So with that here's the fifth post.

Yogi Berra, the former Yankees catcher, once said that "baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical". While Yogi's math might be a little off, the principle of what he was trying to say is sound. With the right mind set, there's really nothing you can't accomplish. That certainly was the theme of today's workout. Unfortunately, I was on the opposite side of it. Today was a run/walk day and started out really well. I felt good, there wasn't any soreness and the upbeat music had me believing that not only was I going to have a great workout, for the first time, I actually really believed that I could do this. I started envisioning success and what it would be like to cross the finish line.

That was until the other half suddenly kicked in. It's amazing how quickly one's mind can be changed. It started with the left shin. It just started to hurt a lot. So I started walking a bit longer than 90 seconds until the pain subsided and then I'd run again, but the pain got worse. I came close to just calling it quits for the day. Long story short I limped through the workout. No great mental recovery story here. I just knew I couldn't let myself stop.

This was the first workout where I didn't feel better afterward. I actually felt worse mentally than I did when I went in. The pain in my leg just had me questioning the whole thing. Don't worry though, I'm not giving up less than a week in. I've done that too much in my life, this goal is different. I'm just mentally gassed that's all and without the mental, it's hard to do the physical. When you're hungry, you eat. When your car is empty, you put gas in it. What do you do with a mind that has nothing in the tank? All I can say is thank G-d it's Friday.