Jogging Tip

One thing I learned about from sports is that a lot of people talked a lot of smack before the events. They would always tell you how great they were and try to psyche you out. It never worked with me, it actually did the opposite. It fired me up and got my adrenaline to flow like water. I noticed that the marathon level at the starting point there was the same type of talk, but it was a little more low-key.

Now in life when someone tries to tell me how great they are or brag about all the things that they’ve done all I want to do is get them back out at the start of a marathon and strip away all the BS and tell them let’s go. Because in a marathon it’s all about performance and nothing else; Talk is just talk but if you can run the run then it’s okay to talk the talk.

Next time you hear someone bragging up a storm with an unearned ego driven personality, ask yourself could this person run a marathon. How far would they get? What excuses would they make?

• I had shin splints.
• My ankle hurts.
• I have blisters.
• I ate the wrong food last night.
• I pulled a calf muscle.
• I can’t run in these shoes.

In fact over my lifetime in athletic footraces, I have heard more excuses from more people who I had previously respected until then; that I could fill an entire book, hey maybe I just might one day, no BS. What I’m saying here is how tough for you? Let’s strip away the BS and run a marathon.

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