Patience and Persistence

When it comes to training and racing for a goal or some few goals for the season, things do not always go right. They go left, up or down.

Shopping for "going right" this year. Anybody?

I spent last year in the shadows, training and racing minimally and trying to fix a problem that killed my running. After tons of exams that only proved my body is in perfect condition and after spending a good amount of six months on the massage table in the hands of Nathan Handerson, I finally got it under control. I got optimistic, I thought that all of my patience and persistence have finally paid off. I started running some pre-season races pain-free. Yes! I thought I got it!

Unfortunately, timing is not always right. I am still on the roller-coaster train. Sometimes I am racing pain free and other times with some pain. So, things are not yet right 100%. Therefore, my scheduled training periods have started getting canceled and I started going south. But only for a little while.

The gods of patience and persistence have kicked in again. Don't ever lose them! I am determined to do what it takes to get this fixed. Things are far better than last year, so I have not lost my optimism or my hopes.

I just got a small delay.

Stay focused, train hard, fuel right!

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