Eddie Pinero

And as you can imagine, running uphill like that, your heart races and, you know, your lungs, they gasp for air.

And when you're in the thick of it, right, precisely in that moment, you know, you've already run halfway, you're exhausted, you know, your legs are starting to feel heavy.

And the thought of another 20 minutes, it's almost impossible to compartmentalize.

It feels overwhelming in totality.

Here's what I realized.

That feeling, that overwhelming sense of discomfort, you won't feel that the entire run.

In fact, you won't even feel that the entire duration of quote unquote climb three.

Why?

Well, because even during climb three, there are these little 10 second stretches where the ground flattens and it creates this tiny reprieve, a gift.

And you might laugh and go, 10 seconds, that's nothing.

It's more than enough for your body to reset.

Like, funny enough, 10 seconds is an eternity.

It's enough to catch your breath.

It's enough to, you know, get yourself together as you give your feet, your legs the gift of running on flat ground for a few seconds.

It gives you everything you need to carry on.

And all runs are like that.

You know, it's not necessarily pain until the end.

It's pain until the next reprieve.

And there's a giant difference between the two things.

You just need to make it to the flat ground, which is there and will arrive sooner than you think.