This week’s Runner’s Lounge TIART is Life Lessons I have learned from running. Here’s seven; one for each day of the week:
1. Races are like vacations; always have short, medium and long term ones booked, paid for and looked forward to.
2. You have to know the lows to enjoy the highs; injuries, bad runs and crap weather are all somewhere in you future, let the downs highlight the ups: great, injury free runs on perfect days.
3. Enjoy the journey as well as the destination; you’ll cover a lot of miles as a runner so sometimes just stop and smell the roses.
4. Be flexible: metaphorically and physically; learn to be adaptable – life happens and don’t forget to stretch.
5. A change is as good as a rest; do you always go out the door and turn left, mix it up and turn right for something different.
6. You get good at what you do; be it running, playing the violin or hoping on one foot, practice makes perfect, be tenacious and stick with it.
7. Be like the horizon; you’ll be faster than some and slower than others, just keep moving.
Grat list SLB! Love the you have to book em in advance.
ReplyDeleteLove the list!!
ReplyDeletegreat post!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I love planning my vacations around running!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right on #2. Those bad runs really make the good ones better!
ReplyDeleteAnd, hey, thanks for stopping over at my site!
#7 rocks :)
ReplyDelete#3 is a good one for me. i'm so bent on beating my time that i usually miss the surroundings. seriously, i'll "stop and smell the roses" or at least the smog around me. ;-)
ReplyDelete"be like the horizon"... i love that line.
Love your list Q,
ReplyDeleteI'll certainly print and keep this on the fridge!
I especially like the analogy in #1!
ReplyDeletegreat post!!! these are all SO true.
ReplyDelete#7 is deep, makes ya think. Ya know...for like 1-2 seconds, and then ya become distracted (or at least I was). Kept thinking about a vacation because of #1...I need a vacation.
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