And too there were questions: What did he eat? Did he believe in isometrics? Isotonics? Ice and heat? How about aerobics, est, ESP, STP? What did he have to say about yoga, yogurt, Yogi Berra? What was his pulse rate, his blood pressure, his time for 100-yard dash? What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most unprofound and sometimes heart-rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles, Miles of Trials. How could they be expected to understand that?” – Once a Runner by John L. Parker, Jr
If you want to reach your goals, consistency is key. Until you have set up the lifestyle and capacity to “do” on a daily basis, what you do matters very little.
One of my clients has put in a substantial amount of work over the last six weeks. He’s watched his diet, he’s exercised more, he even ran a 10k on a cold Sunday night. While his body fat and weight haven’t dropped dramatically over the last month and a half (yes, he’s down some), I’m much more proud of the consistent training that he has put in. He’s literally teaching his body to work and work hard.
It’s his consistency that will allow him to reach his goals by Summer 2012 and it’s the same consistency that he has used to be successful as a businessman, as a father, and now as an athlete.
So are you looking for the Secret? How’s the bottoms of your training shoes?
A simple way to get started:
30 runs in 30 days (ask Luke Arita, CPT about his experience with this)
