This is an often used quote by Steeler coach Mike Tomlin and one of my favorites. This weekend I was originally planning on running in the US half marathon championships, then I was sick over the Christmas holiday and my training wasn’t where I wanted it to be. But that is an excuse and I don’t make them. So I am using this time now to put in more of the work that will pay off come July. Call it what you want, putting hay in the barn, plowing the fields, or just putting the work in.
I have been having my most consistent tempo workouts in the past year these past three weeks. Which is not always fun when you are doing them but looking back you can appreciate the work that has been done. So after some rambling I guess the overall point of this is no one wants to hear why you didn’t do this in a race or finish as well as you would have liked. What you are doing for the next race or what you are going to do better next time is the only thing that matters.
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