AUGUST 2024 – Improving mile-splits, chasing PRs, in my view, pretty much any time spent on the track will be well rewarded. Definitely made a committed effort in 2024 to improve my cardiovascular health and now roughly three quarters of the way through, I’m seeing a fair amount of improvement. Always amazes me what can be achieved with consistent, dedicated effort + time, that really is the secret sauce to much of success, whether in writing or fitness. Just keep going.
You might end up somewhere you didn’t expect, but progress will be made and you’ll discover things that you never even knew you were looking for. That is one of those things in life I’m constantly reminded of, you don’t know what you don’t know. How many times have you learned something new that felt so obvious, you can’t imagine not knowing it? I think that is why a lot of what is true feels so intuitive, as it helps complete a larger picture. And there is that “Ah, ha!” moment when you see the picture more clearly.
And I think fitness has always been one of those “ah, ha” type things for me as I can see how it fits into the bigger picture of my life. The effort associated with it stacks over time (another thing I really like, cumulative gains) and you only ever need compete against where you were yesterday, so it can be an up and to the right type progression if you stay consistent.
Keep building, that is the only way to get where you want to be.
~ CS
