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It never seems easy until I start.
I've learned some tactics from other runners, but ultimately I have to go out there and do it.
Friday I ran with a friend. It was one of the longer runs I had done in a while, yet very enjoyable. In this age of social media, I use Nike + to keep track of most of my runs (I use Runkeeper when I'm on the treadmill or elliptical). So now Nike + takes it upon itself to do goal setting for me and today my goal was to run 3.75 miles.
Once given a goal - I have to reach it. So today though I intended to only run 3 miles I ran 3.77 miles so that I could meet a goal that I did not set. Nike+ is just an app that has no power over me, but because as a runner I recognized the benefits of running further, I accepted the goal. I didn't have to, but I did.
As I did this, I thought there is always room for improvement.
I can:
Run faster
Run farther
Conquer hills
Breathe better.
Just as in running, in my life there is always room for improvement:
I can speak softer
Be more positive
Conquer a bad attitude
Change my perspective
Nike + set the goal for me, but sometimes it can be a friend or even something you've read. It may be a one liner you saw, or just the last fragments of a conversation. For me it also has a spiritual connotation, as the Bible provides guidelines (goals) for living.
There's always room for improvement - you are better than you were yesterday, as you keep changing in to the person you are supposed to be.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead,
14 I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12-13 NIV
Are you improving? Is it hard for you?
