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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Part of the deal

A reminder by coach McMillan. Here's a great quote:

"I guess what I'm trying to say is that running [triathlon] is not a straight line of improvement and happy times. It has periods that are dark and troubling. But, and here is the message, you have to live through it. It's part of the deal. You have to buckle down and do the things you need to do to get through it. Sometimes that means taking a break and starting over. Sometimes that means focusing more on the non-running [triathlon] activities and sometimes it just means keeping on keeping on. Whatever your situation, just hang in there. We have so many great stories about how athletes come back from adversity. You can do it too."
Posted by Paulo Sousa at 1:39 PM

3 comments:

Jacqui said...

Great quote...I have heard you say this many times ...just with far fewer words. :-)

April 21, 2010 7:26 PM
khai said...

Jacqui, were the words "just do your program"? :)

April 21, 2010 10:09 PM
Marcos Apene do Amaral-TriPhiloSophia said...

This is waht I call "to endure"!
Cheers, MAA

April 22, 2010 8:11 AM

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