“Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. The key is discipline. Without it, there is no morale.”
-Tom Landry
Today is opening night for baseball season. I love baseball. I love it not just because I have one particular team that I am rooting to win it all, but because of the nature of the game. It is a game of perseverance. It is a game of discipline. Each team has to stay focused for 162 games over the course of six months in order to be successful. At the beginning of each season, every team sets their sight on winning their division and ultimately winning the World Series. However only two teams end up in the World Series, and one team emerges as World Champion.
I’m discounting the value of goal setting, for I believe it is an essential element to achieving one’s dreams. However, once goals have been set, the challenge arises not in the attainability of your goal, but in your discipline to stay focused and accomplish the small tasks that you need to complete in order to move yourself closer to achieving your goal. That is what makes baseball great. The length of the season weeds out the truly disciplined teams from the weaker and less focused teams. Each game is important to a team’s overall success, so they must play a game in May with the same focus and intensity as they will in September when the division is on the line.
As we enter our tenth week, the weekly mileage is gradually increasing, and this increase in distances doesn’t exactly make one want to jump out of bed and go running. You have a well laid out plan to achieve your goal of running a marathon. Stick with your plan. Stay disciplined. Don’t let your body think for your mind by talking you out of your workouts. Today, maintain the same focus you will have as when the race is only a week away. Do what needs to be done when it needs to be done, and you will feel more satisfied with yourself once you are finished.
TODAY’S WORKOUT:
Warm-up 1 mile
Run 7 miles
Cool down ½ mile
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