Runningmonkeys

Today we are sitting at the front of a typhoon.  It has been coming up from Okinawa and is just starting to show up here. 

First thing this morning I went running in the rain and I didn’t see any other runners.  All I saw were people huddled beneath umbrellas or giving me strange looks through the windows of their cars.  I finished my run as per schedule then came home.  After a quick shower and something to eat, I headed out on my bike to meet some of my team members for training and to fill out some race forms.  Only two of us ended up riding.  The other guys headed off in their cars (one with a brand new million dollar bike, as yet, unridden!).  We were the only cyclists riding anywhere that I saw. 

The 2 of us headed off up MT Tsukuba and climbed a ridiculous road.  It had a textured concrete surface and that was all that gave us any traction at all.  It was a constant struggle to keep the back wheel from slipping and the front wheel on the ground.  Roads like this simply don’t exist in Australia.  I don’t understand how any car was supposed to climb it!

Anyhow, I am not writing this to win your praise.  My point is that if we want to achieve anything substantial, we will have to persistently put in effort that goes beyond where everyone else stops.  If we stop when every sane person stops, then we will probably achieve whatever they achieve.  This is sound logic, but not really a fairy tale ending.

Sometime we have to behave in ways that appear crazy to others, if we want to achieve our goals, but I, for one, am willing to put up with that.

I will be writing up an article about commitment on my brand new site www.lifegoalaction this week.  I am still getting the structure of the site together but by the end of the week, the first few posts will be there for you to read.  If you are interested in achieving extraordinary things with your life, then you might find the site very interesting.  Drop by any time from 20th July 2007 and see what you think.

Thanks

Tom