Comments on: What’s Your Challenge? http://www.startstrongmonday.com/2008/12/17/challenge/ Weekly 4 min Wisdom on Fitness, Nutrition, Motivation, and a Full Strength LIFE Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:58:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DR http://www.startstrongmonday.com/2008/12/17/challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-48 DR Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:50:36 +0000 http://www.startstrongmonday.com/?p=635#comment-48 Interesting comment - "it accomplishes nothing". Aside from having added challenge of an uncontrolled environment, what exactly would completing the same thing on a real bike 'accomplish'? The accomplishment is not in the activity itself, the accomplishment is in the fact that he challenged himself, set a goal and then went about achieving it. Accomplishments are in testing your limits and then pushing yourself past them, meeting and exceeding your expectations and your goals. Many people set goals, few have the fortitude to see them through. The fact that he set a record in doing so is a clear sign that this is not a feat achievable on a whim. My challenge for myself will be running my first mini this upcoming spring. Many people do it all the time but for me, my accomplishment will be training for it, actually doing it and ultimately finishing it, first or last won't matter as long as I cross the line! Interesting comment – “it accomplishes nothing”. Aside from having added challenge of an uncontrolled environment, what exactly would completing the same thing on a real bike ‘accomplish’? The accomplishment is not in the activity itself, the accomplishment is in the fact that he challenged himself, set a goal and then went about achieving it. Accomplishments are in testing your limits and then pushing yourself past them, meeting and exceeding your expectations and your goals. Many people set goals, few have the fortitude to see them through. The fact that he set a record in doing so is a clear sign that this is not a feat achievable on a whim.

My challenge for myself will be running my first mini this upcoming spring. Many people do it all the time but for me, my accomplishment will be training for it, actually doing it and ultimately finishing it, first or last won’t matter as long as I cross the line!

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