Endurance

Endurance... Endurance... Endurance...

This is the aspect of my fitness that I struggled with the most, or rather the aspect I neglected the most.

I am a sprinter. My dad was a sprinter. My grandpa was a sprinter. I am a sprinter.

The first thing you gotta know about sprinters is that we don't like long distance. In fact, we hate it.

Give me some 200 meter sprints and I'll crush it. I'll kill it. I'll dominate it. But please God, don't give me an 800 or a mile!

And I told myself I hated endurance, but really I was just awful at it because I hadn't put in the time to get good at it. As a result I had no endurance. My mind was focused on the short game for years and years, and as a result I felt like I was SMASHING my head against a wall EVERY DAY I spent in the classroom. Every time I started a new workout. Every time I tried a new marketing process. Every time I started a different diet. Every time I met a new girl. Every time I got a new job. Every time I tried anything, I SPRINTED and burned out and gave up. I put in 10,000% effort non-stop for as long as I could expecting my long hours and extreme commitment to get me to the top of the mountain. But if you have ever climbed a mountain, you can't sprint to the top. There's no way.

It never even occurred to me that I was approaching life all wrong until I re-read the law of the harvest.

You cannot reap where you do not sow.

I was not sowing long enough and consistently enough to reap.

I was planting seeds for a few months and then forsaking them.

I never saw it until I took a step back.

I never saw it until I started meditating.

When I did I saw a pattern that wreaked havoc across my entire life again and again.

I may have had a long term plan or a long term vision, but I had no long term commitment. I was stuck in fear, in scarcity and I would shrink when times got tough and the thrill of a new adventure wore off. I did not have the endurance to keep moving forward. I did not have the power and the confidence to keep moving forward. I have now committed my fitness to improving my endurance and to train my mind and body to overcome these mental blocks. I am committed to winning in the long run and I will not allow anyone or anything stand in my way.  I have surrounded myself with people who are pushing for excellence. I will reach my peak because I have put myself in favorable conditions.

Train and endure the PAIN

Live up to your PURPOSE

Access POWER

Fight for your PARADISE

Pursue excellence and hold yourself to a higher standard.

Keep the big picture in mind!

Conner Day

Leader of the Fit Father's Movement

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