The voices! The voices!

Yup! I've been hearing those voices in my head that prevent me from reaching my full potential in training. This week has been long and hard. For the most part I've been stuck at work for practically 12 hours a day. That was because I went to go see Bon Jovi in concert! I tried to get as much work done as I could, but I kept getting bombarded with samples at work to take care of and I'd be getting home pretty late and had a difficult time getting up in the morning to run. Yesterday I attempted at running outside...that didn't quite pan out. It feels so different compared to the treadmill. I only lasted about a mile...most of which I walked. This morning however, I went outside again to run, and I did a little better. I did probably 3 miles in like under 50 mins. I really don't know because I wasn't really keeping track of time or distance. I wonder if I should go high tech and get one of those devices that tell you your distance and pace, etc. But anyways...I'm thinking maybe Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" should be my mantra or something to get me to really work at it and run. I finally burned songs from a few of my CD's and put it onto my IPod. I'm hoping that Bon Jovi will be the voice in my head instead of the other ones...lord only know I need a "prayer" to get me through the 5 mile race.