By: Hayim Mizrachi, CCIM – President | Principal | Broker
This is the fourth Daily Thought! in a series about how running correlates to life and success.
We left off with the question – where do you put the tired?
There are two types of tired that I can think about.
There is, “I’m too tired to run today.” Or, “I don’t feel like doing that kind of work right now.”
Perhaps we’ll talk about that type of tired another time.
Today, we’ll talk about the kind of tired you feel while you’re already on the run, while you’re already doing the work.
Go with me on this one…
You’ve been at it a while now.
Your breathing is labored and heavy.
The wind is cold. Blowing into your eyes. Making them water and burn slightly.
Your deltoid is also burning for some reason. But not slightly. So much that your mind imagines the only thing that could bring relief would be to somehow detach your arm from the body and leave it on the road. It’s absurd. But that actually happened.
There is a cramp on your right side below the rib cage. Its increasing intensity increases the fear that it will hurt so badly before you finish the run that you might die from it.
You turn the corner on the trail.
Sh!t. This is the uphill part.
Panic.
The breath is getting away from you.
Snot joins the tears on your face.
Your shoulder.
Your rib.
The fear.
Total systems failure.
Where will you put the tired?
This is the precise moment to lift your chin.
Focus your gaze on the horizon.
You put the tired in the faith of your training.
You lean it into the fundamentals you practiced.
Do not let your eyes shift down.
Take a deep breath.
Hold it.
Two.
Three.
Exhale.
Deep breath again.
Hold.
Hold.
Exhale.
Isolate your thoughts on the guitar riff that begins in the Daft Punk track playing in your earbuds. [please go ahead and click that link. Take in this jam for the rest of this post. Otherwise, it might get weird!]
Focus on your hands.
Just your hands.
Pumping to the rhythm.
Deep breath in. Hold. Two. Three. Exhale.
Focus down on your legs.
They move as if controlled by puppet strings attached to your pumping arms.
Stay focused on the arms.
Pumping.
Become the lyrics of the song.
Breath in. Two. Three. Hold. Exhale.
Focus next at the feet.
Every strike on the pavement.
Precise.
Hold your form.
You’ve got it now.
[go to 1:36 on the Daft Punk track]
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
The pumping arms are driving the legs. The feet are striking precise.
Back to the breath.
Inhale deep.
Hold it in.
Two.
Three.
Exhale.
Chin up.
Eyes to the horizon.
Lose Yourself to Dance.
Lose Yourself to Dance.
Lose Yourself to Dance.
Lose Yourself to Dance.
Lose Yourself to Dance.
Here comes your second wind.
Now you know where you put the tired.
Next, we’ll talk about how important “your soundtrack” is in running. In life. And in success.
Part 5 – Takeaways – Life Lessons Learned from Running – Soundtracks That Move You
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