The week after a big event like I experienced last Saturday
in the Six Foot marathon is always an interesting time for me. You come off the
high of having trained for something like that and then finally getting in and
doing it and then just as suddenly it is all over. Even once the celebrations
die down, this is always a time of up and then down and is likened by Tim
Noakes to a depressive state having attained one goal and not really having the
next one to look to.
I was talking to a close friend the other day and I liken this to an exam that you may study and study for and then you dread it, but come the day it’s all over in no time and you realise that it was not that scary in the first place. This is largely true of anything in life really – running or ultra distance events can teach you so much about life and help you to become resilient to anything that may get thrown your way in the future. Having in the back of your mind the fact that you toughed it out and didn’t quit on the day even if it hurt like the devil can only be a good thing for the future. It helps us to grow – develop and mature.
A short time ago I wrote about my other contact I am helping with his fitness journey after his marriage fell apart. It is really so good to see him on a great path and looking do strong again having shed much of his corporate spare tyre that many men fall into when they don’t think of anything bar work and don’t find that they get out of the office at all – much less for exercise. He is pushing through his journey as I am pushing through mine. We all have our own path to walk.
Look at your achievements not only as one offs, but as ways that they will help to shape you, your future and your journey!
Running together (while embracing the week after a big achievement), stride for stride on a life changing ride! – Sean Muller
I was talking to a close friend the other day and I liken this to an exam that you may study and study for and then you dread it, but come the day it’s all over in no time and you realise that it was not that scary in the first place. This is largely true of anything in life really – running or ultra distance events can teach you so much about life and help you to become resilient to anything that may get thrown your way in the future. Having in the back of your mind the fact that you toughed it out and didn’t quit on the day even if it hurt like the devil can only be a good thing for the future. It helps us to grow – develop and mature.
A short time ago I wrote about my other contact I am helping with his fitness journey after his marriage fell apart. It is really so good to see him on a great path and looking do strong again having shed much of his corporate spare tyre that many men fall into when they don’t think of anything bar work and don’t find that they get out of the office at all – much less for exercise. He is pushing through his journey as I am pushing through mine. We all have our own path to walk.
Look at your achievements not only as one offs, but as ways that they will help to shape you, your future and your journey!
Running together (while embracing the week after a big achievement), stride for stride on a life changing ride! – Sean Muller
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