For long runs, we run for anywhere from 3-8 hours at a time.  Races can be as longer as 24 or 48 hours - even longer  But it all starts with the training, even before that  It starts with planning  When we go out for a 3 hour long run, we could just go out … Continue reading 546. Plan accordingly

Smiling lightens things, but it’s heavy to do  Especially when we’re feeling low or in a bad mood.  We can still smile though even if we’re upset or feeling down It’s not going to make things better, but it makes them lighter - easier to deal with and manage By the same token, in the … Continue reading 545. Still smile 

At work, you see a rack of silverware before you leave Do you finish the job? Half of it? None of it?  Do you send that last email out?  Are you putting in that extra work? Or just doing the minimum? People will notice.  Our actions speak a lot louder than words

Suffering and pressure are taught to be avoided.  We want a comfortable life, right?  But comfort doesn’t cause growth  While suffering and pressure force growth.  One is inevitable, the other doesn’t happen.  And we can use suffering and pressure through self-infliction - putting ourselves intentionally in situations where this is the effect  Or suffering and … Continue reading 543. Suffering and Pressure

Trying to figure out the root of a problem  What could it be?  It could be this or that Or maybe that?  How do we decide on what it was?  We take our best guess and keep moving forward  And if we make a mistake?  Adjust - make our best guess again,   And keep moving … Continue reading 542. It could be so many things 

Life goes on, We have highs and lows  Easy at bats where we crush it  Sometimes life throws us a curveball Either way we can step up to the plate at try our best  We don’t have to hit it every time - that doesn’t matter  Because we can go 3/10 and still be in … Continue reading 541. Sometimes it’s a curveball 

How many times do we go out and have one too many?  Even if it’s not often, It happens.  And life goes on.  We chose to have that one too many though, let’s not beat ourselves up about it - and let’s not throw our day away either Even if we feel like ass we … Continue reading 540. One too many

Just like the bank and how  we can make deposits or withdrawals with our accounts  Each of us has an emotional bank account with every other person we interact with - and the same for them and us.  So, how does our account stand?  Do we have savings by making more deposits than withdrawals?  Are … Continue reading 539. Emotional bank account

A football team runs this play against this defense because it’s known to work  A science  But in game time, stakes are on the line, it’s the opposing team, and we still run the play successfully? That’s a piece of art.  Following a running regime that’s known to work for a 100k race , it’s … Continue reading 538. Science vs art 

As a child we spent most of our time in school  Then when we become adults, we’re supposed to keep going to school to become more specialized or get Into the working world  But when we’re adults we have more options.  We don’t have to go to work, or work at all  We don’t have … Continue reading 537. What we doing