“When you decide to do something, remind yourself that it is committment, not motivation that matters.” Prof. Steve Peters When I was first putting this blog together I called it ‘The Resolution of Illogical Conflict’ because it sounded cool. It is a really mangled quote from a film I quite like, but imagine my surpirse…
“Nobody likes to change. There will always be resistance to change, and there always will be change. And the quicker you get to that, the easier it is.” Nick Nolte I have always been cursed with being single minded. This has some positives, but in retrospect, there are a ton of things that I struggle…
“Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a negroni. Have two.” – Anthony Bourdain. We…
“Perseverance is not a long race, it is a series of short races, one after the other.” – John Quincy Adams Training for Bristol feels different. At the beginning of my running journey, I seemed to hit a nice cadence, to the point of elation after my first 9k run. Sure, I had to attempt…
“Behind every mountain are more mountains.” – Ryan Holiday This all started with a desire to get fit enough to complete a 108 mile walk around Dartmoor. That quickly evolved into a love of running. At first running was a chore, out of shape as I was, I had no benchmark for what a decent…
