Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Getting to "Yes"
Today's Run: 3.0m
Run Time: 31:00
Total Miles to Date: 570.8
Thoughts on the Run:
Wow. What a run this morning.
This has probably been the busiest I've ever been. We are doing some major projects with a company in the Pacific Time Zone, so I've been having some late hours. In fact, I believe the past three days I've only slept about 6 hours. That's not to brag ... I certainly value rest, but sometimes in live you've got to step to the plate and "get it done" as well.
What's important is that despite this schedule, it hasn't turned into an excuse to impact my training nor my nutrition. Now, this isn't a soapbox because you only have to read prior blog entries to see that I have been affected by this in the past. I'm human and I make those mistakes. But I went into this week knowing it wouldn't be an issue. Why is that?
Because I got to "yes." As I mention in the opening chapter of Lose Fat, Not Faith, making the decision is perhaps the most powerful step you can take. It talks about this in the context of fat loss, but it really relates to anything. When I fell short 6 miles on my marathon, did it "break my spirit?" I don't think so ... spirit is not there to be broken. What happened was somewhere BEFORE that run, I had let my decision grow weak. The evidence is there ... the issues didn't start with that marathon or immediately after, but several weeks before.
See, my decision wasn't deep and compelling enough so it didn't drive me to do what was necessary. Now I'm not saying that even 20 miles isn't a great effort and I am very thankful for what I accomplished and for not giving up ... but in a sense, I did throw in the towel mentally a little sooner.
It was a great epiphany so this time around I decided I wasn't going to let my ego be the stakeholder and try to "do it all myself." So I sat down with my family and we all participated in setting goals and I asked them, along with God, to assist me. See, I said, "I will try my best but I acknowledge and receive the support of others." And that support has been a powerful, driving force.
So I just ran 3 miles in the morning after just a few hours of sleep and it was great. I'm enjoying a bowl of fruit right now and ready to take on the remaining challenges of the day and to learn how I can grow as a result.
If you really get to "yes" deep within, then "no" simply doesn't know where to find you!
Oh, and I really don't see running 3 miles on little sleep as a "feat" but just a personal breakthrough. A feat would be what these people are doing in the desert right now as I type this. WOW! Inspirational, to say the least.
In the world of "another way to package an existing well-known method with a catchy new name" we have Synapse exercise which promises to be a "whole new way" to work muscles. I'm sure if you read the article you'll find it's a whole new way to give a name to an entire old and well-known method.
Some of these are quite creative. For example, instead of the advice that has been tossed around for thousands of years to simply eat a variety of whole foods, it's now been marketed as the new, exciting method of energy density (read: eat the apple with the peel and leave the processed chips behind).
Now back to it, your friend in fitness,
Run Time: 31:00
Total Miles to Date: 570.8
Thoughts on the Run:
Wow. What a run this morning.
This has probably been the busiest I've ever been. We are doing some major projects with a company in the Pacific Time Zone, so I've been having some late hours. In fact, I believe the past three days I've only slept about 6 hours. That's not to brag ... I certainly value rest, but sometimes in live you've got to step to the plate and "get it done" as well.
What's important is that despite this schedule, it hasn't turned into an excuse to impact my training nor my nutrition. Now, this isn't a soapbox because you only have to read prior blog entries to see that I have been affected by this in the past. I'm human and I make those mistakes. But I went into this week knowing it wouldn't be an issue. Why is that?
Because I got to "yes." As I mention in the opening chapter of Lose Fat, Not Faith, making the decision is perhaps the most powerful step you can take. It talks about this in the context of fat loss, but it really relates to anything. When I fell short 6 miles on my marathon, did it "break my spirit?" I don't think so ... spirit is not there to be broken. What happened was somewhere BEFORE that run, I had let my decision grow weak. The evidence is there ... the issues didn't start with that marathon or immediately after, but several weeks before.
See, my decision wasn't deep and compelling enough so it didn't drive me to do what was necessary. Now I'm not saying that even 20 miles isn't a great effort and I am very thankful for what I accomplished and for not giving up ... but in a sense, I did throw in the towel mentally a little sooner.
It was a great epiphany so this time around I decided I wasn't going to let my ego be the stakeholder and try to "do it all myself." So I sat down with my family and we all participated in setting goals and I asked them, along with God, to assist me. See, I said, "I will try my best but I acknowledge and receive the support of others." And that support has been a powerful, driving force.
So I just ran 3 miles in the morning after just a few hours of sleep and it was great. I'm enjoying a bowl of fruit right now and ready to take on the remaining challenges of the day and to learn how I can grow as a result.
If you really get to "yes" deep within, then "no" simply doesn't know where to find you!
Oh, and I really don't see running 3 miles on little sleep as a "feat" but just a personal breakthrough. A feat would be what these people are doing in the desert right now as I type this. WOW! Inspirational, to say the least.
In the world of "another way to package an existing well-known method with a catchy new name" we have Synapse exercise which promises to be a "whole new way" to work muscles. I'm sure if you read the article you'll find it's a whole new way to give a name to an entire old and well-known method.
Some of these are quite creative. For example, instead of the advice that has been tossed around for thousands of years to simply eat a variety of whole foods, it's now been marketed as the new, exciting method of energy density (read: eat the apple with the peel and leave the processed chips behind).
Now back to it, your friend in fitness,
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