I was once told by the doctor who performed my knee surgeries that I would never run more than a mile. For years, I believed him. I was 19 when he told me this and he was the Sports doctor for the New York Knicks so he had to be right. So I told myself over and over again that I could not run. And then I started getting interested in mud runs and 5k's. And I found out that I couldn't run because I told myself I couldn't. I had put a cap on my ability. This self inflicted limit caused me to not look into ways to build up my leg strength so that I could actually run more than a mile without pain in my knees. Once I told myself screw it I'm going to run a 5k, I ran a 5k. And I haven't looked back since. Now don't get me wrong, I hate running. I'm sure some of you have heard me say this. I really don't like it. But I force myself to do it because deep down I know part of my hatred of it comes from the fact that I think I still can't do it. So I continue to put myself in situations that put me face to face with that ceiling I made (Spartan Races!!). And each time, I chip away at that ceiling a little bit more. 

 

So what limits, ceilings, caps have you made for yourself? What do you tell yourself that you can't do? Or what has someone else told you that you can't do? Do you believe them? 

 

I thought I could never give us sugar completely so I'm on a mission to prove myself wrong. I thought I would never run long distance and I ran 13+ miles in the Spartan Beast last year.

 

What do think you could never do? Go out and do it. Fail at it and fail at it again until you smash through that ceiling and never go back!