Practice makes perfect progress.
No one is perfect and there is no perfect destination.
There will be highs and lows as you march towards a goal.
There will be continuous progress as you move along but don’t expect things to come out perfect. Remember, practice makes progress.
When I was training for my first half marathon, I read about all the things to prepare for and all the curve balls that could come my way.
Well life happened. It was the brink of the COVID-19 pandemic and the race was cancelled. However, you could still compete virtually! I was bummed, I had worked so hard and this was not how I imagined my first race to be.
I shifted my mindset and stayed the course on my training plan. My goal was to finish under 2 hours with no stopping.
Well life happened again. I got lost trying to navigate through my route so stopped for a couple minutes, and then spilled half my gel all over me! It was not the ideal circumstance because now I was flustered and behind my mark. I had to shake that feeling off and remember why I love the sport of running and chose to do this. This race doesn’t need to be perfect, most importantly I need to soak it all in and enjoy the process.
In the end, I finished just a few minutes over 2 hours and I was thrilled!
The small imperfections didn’t matter! What mattered was my consistency throughout training, my grit to run solo and determination to finish.
Watching one’s milestones throughout a journey is a beautiful thing. You will be amazed at how much you can accomplish as your consistent practice makes progress.
In whatever you do, keep at it and great things will be waiting for you!
Running to the Stars 