Happy Sunday 090113

Good afternoon Peeps. I hope you are all enjoying the fantastic Labor Day Holiday weekend. Just got done getting my run in. Got another 5K distance. A little short of what I wanted, but I was a bit tired from yesterday. It was good and Hot temp was right around 100 degrees. So I hope you are all making progress towards your goals. So for me, I have two immediate goals. First to drop more weight and get stronger and more endurance in my crossfit workouts. Man do they kick my ass. But that is what keeps bringing me back. My second goal is to be ready to complete my second Rock N roll half marathon in November. Not alot of time to get ready. I know my self, I tend to push and push sometimes beyond my breaking point. I hope I am smarter this time. I just got released from Physical Therapy for my right foot injury. (from running. LOL) so I am starting all over again. Ok, so my point to all of this is persistence. Persistence is key in achieving ones goals. Having the where with all to stick to your training or process in order to ensure success. there is a saying used in the service over and over again, and it is that we bleed in training to ensure we do not on our mission. Persistence is a trait that I believe we all posses. Some of us never realize it until we have to dig deep give ourselves a massive gut check in order to achieve success. Others choose to ignore this trait, and yes, it is a choice. When we are mired in the pit is suffering and self doubt, we all have the choice to succeed or to fail. When the stress at home gets tough, when your spouse or partner are just laying into you for whatever it is they feel you did wrong, or did not do, or when the stress at work becomes unbearable, or when you are gasping for air on a 10 mile run or 2 mile swim, we all have that CHOICE. We all have the voices in our head competing. one saying QUIT, you don't have to suffer like this. Why do you put your self through this? Then the other voice kicks in, Yes I am suffering, Yes I am hurting, Yes I want this to end, but I want it to end on my terms. We all know and we have all been there. That point when you get knocked down by life. Persistence is where we have the courage to get back up, face our fears with a steadfast conviction to ensure we give 100 percent towards success. Now even though we do this, success is not guaranteed. We may still fail, but if we do, we do so knowing we gave it our all and there is never shame in that, because there is success in failure as well. That success comes from what we learn, and how we adapt to tackle the problems next time. So keep digging deep Peeps. you do have it in you, I know you do. Persist!!! Never Give Up!!! HOOYAH!!!!!!