The plot twist in my marathon journey
Before my career as a lawyer, I was an aspiring screenwriter. The rest of that story is for another day, except to say that, if I was scripting a story of someone running a marathon, it would probably go something like this. The protagonist of the story is someone who overcame significant obstacles to be able to try to achieve a long-held dream of running a marathon. Upon seemingly overcoming every hurdle in his way, he trained hard for race day and continued to improve day after day as the race approached. It appeared that not only would his dream of running a marathon happen, but he would run it faster than he ever imagined. But, naturally, a plot-twist occurs, and the protagonist faces a big setback – one that puts the marathon in jeopardy. Then, the ending can go several different ways . . .
Complacency
One of the themes I wrote about last week was trying to get better today – every day. But let’s be real – that’s easier said than done. In fact, it’s virtually impossible mostly because we’re human. We fail, we have setbacks, and we just have some bad days. But even when we are killing it, there’s another natural response that has real impact on our potential— complacency.
How I make time for fitness
The idea of telling someone else how to fit fitness into their schedule seems a bit preachy to me, and that’s certainly not what I am aiming for here. Everyone is different and there’s no one size fits all answer. But there are some common elements that fit most of our routines that can help work fitness into a busy schedule.