almost at the tip of Breezy Point

If I tell myself I am going to run a half marathon, this is what will happen:

• I will not get out of bed
• I will torment myself with guilt for clutching my pillow over my head and not dragging myself to the beach
• I will be upset running my usual 5 miles, pffft!  like, oh, why even bother.

If I walk with Seth along the boardwalk to get the paper  -  in my running clothes – and we muddle through the crossword puzzle over coffee, I will eventually make my way down to the beach and start running.  Just 5 miles, I say to myself, but the morning is beautiful and cool, and the sand feels wonderful on my bare feet.  Soon I am running past my 5 mile mark, running to the lighthouse at the tip of Breezy Point and heading back to my beach block and all I am doing is putting one foot ahead of another.

That, dear friends, is the real secret to success.

Someone once said that success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.  If you want to achieve anything in life, this is the formula for you.  And simply working at it one day at a time, one step at a time is how you build your success.  Big goals are made up of smaller goals.  As I was running, each step was a goal towards my 14 mile goal.  And each step merged into another step as I got into a rhythm.  Soon, 5 miles merged into 10 miles and suddenly, here I was closing in on the last quarter mile.

I have to trick myself into doing these longer runs and doing larger projects as well.  Breaking the big goal into lots of smaller goals always works for me.  Once I am in, I am in for the long run.

What do you do to get yourself in the running for success?

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