Here’s a story on my day off, that I had no intention of posting, because it’s my “day off”!
I have been running up that hill by the lookout all week, and it’s a promise I’ve kept myself every day for the last 3 weeks, mostly been very tough and I had no intention of going today.
My oldest boy wanted to do it as he was due a go at it and test himself again, and I went up with him. My legs suddenly felt alright half way up, I even managed a quicker 30 yards half way up, and got up the top without too much of a problem.
We felt so good at the top that we went down again and decided to run up again. My boy is around 90 seconds quicker than me, maybe 2 minutes easy, I have 150 yards head start and he still smashes me for the record, but i’m competing against only MYSELF, which is the healthiest competition and ONLY competition you need.
The moral of this story that raising our standards, and keeping them HIGH makes a remarkable difference often when you LEAST expect, all my running up that hill hasn’t been in vain, and has helped me build strong foundations for my legs and lungs.
I stress to you today to see your standards high, keep showing up for your workouts, keep eating well, and that effort over time literally changes the directions and outcome for your life.
We know high standards demand strong ACTION, no point having standards with your exercise if you aren’t willing to put in the workouts.
See the reality of the situation you are in, and you will take it up a level once you keep showing up for your workouts, once you show remarkable consistency and you will never be more proud of the levels of being fit and strong you are capable of attaining.
