Training Principles 5

" I can accept Failures , But I can't accept Not Trying"

- Michael Jordan

Not too sure where this article is, but perhaps we can locate it from google, etc.
It was given to me by the then captain of X-country in NUS, Derrick.

What it spoke is very true to running and in fact all aspects of life.
I shall spare the part about life......

In running, it takes courage and guts. Trying a new pace , a new program, trying to follow the leaders, it is about the 1st step. At the end of the day, what is there to lose? Lost is only when I hadn't tried.

That is why I set the goal to win the SCM local this year. No one would had bet on me if anyone saw my pics in sec school/JC.... overweight at 90kg and in TnF, struggling to run 2.4km.
It took abit of madness , abit of self-belief / confidence, abit of desire to develop this goal.

Not too sure if i could do it, but at the end of the day. I know i had given my best. It is a journey that transcends running but to other aspects of my life. The joy of constantly challenging yourself. Be it a new environment, be it a new customer, a new market and a new potential.
I embrace them as if they are challenging me to conquer it.

From Karen Goucher if i am not wrong, when questioned about her surge at mid point of a race, what was she thinking of ...... (no fear of dying???)

" I didn't train this hard, come this far , not to give this a shot at.............."

it was a bit of madness that won her the race.....