I have a song stuck in my
head. It’s about John Henry. In case you don’t remember, he is the
man/legend who outperformed a steam drill with his hammer. He won the contest, but the exertion
killed him.
We all have our own metaphorical
version of the steam drill. We are
going to lift that nice round number weight if it is the last thing we do. We are going to catch up to that person
who always laps us on the track one of these days. We are not going to let some stupid hill defeat us.
Here’s the thing: dying doesn’t seem to be a lot of
fun. Injury is definitely not
fun. I love big goals, but let’s
take the long view, defeating one mini drill at a time, coping with the soreness,
gaining strength, endurance, and power, and then tackling the next drill.
We may not be legends, but we
will be happy and healthy, and that’s pretty good.
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