🏃what two half marathons taught me

i've finished two half marathons and lost count of my 5Ks and 10Ks. none of them were fast. all of them taught me something i couldn't have learned at a desk.

km 14 is real

somewhere around the fourteenth kilometer, every half marathon i've run has quietly asked me if i'd like to stop now. the answer is always yes. the answer is always also no. that voice sounds a lot like the one that shows up seventy percent through every side project.

pace is a decision

you can't run a half at your 5K pace. you also can't run at your lazy-sunday pace. you pick something honest and hold it. the first half i ran, i blew up at km 9. the second one, i ran my own pace and passed those same people at km 17.

the projects i finish are the ones where i pick a pace i can hold. the ones i abandon are the ones where i sprint for a week and then ghost myself.

the training is the thing

nobody sees the 5am runs. nobody sees the weeks where your knees hurt and you go anyway. race day is a receipt for work already done. building is the same. the demo is a receipt.