Running: A Fever

http://RunningAFEVER.com Thanks to super-listener Amy for sending me this article with tips on success, based on Dr. Angela Duckworth's book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. 1. Be Consistent. A contant thread in Dr. Duckworth's research is that successful people look at each loss or failure as an opportunity to learn how to do things differently next time. Persistence is a common theme, and I think it is the difference between success and failure. I found a great meme with a picture of actor Jason Stratham which said: "Get up earlier; Stay longer; Work harder; Fail; Fail again; Never quit." You don't want to be consistently bad, it's not about doing the same thing all the time; you want integrity and staying power. Set that schedule and keep it, make it a habit, and just keep coming out to the trail, or going to the gym, or the pool, or wherever you exercise, no matter how you feel or what the weather's like, or whatever circumstances might try to interfere. There will be a lot of days when you ju