Play The Long Game
Many people you see running:
do not know how.
do not prepare their body for the forces running places on it.
do not pay attention to what their body may be telling them.
have unrealistic expectations of what they are currently capable of.
may be fine running, just not in the way or the amount they are currently subjecting themselves to.
care more about what others may think than what they themselves are actually doing.
wanted it yesterday.
want it now.
want it by tomorrow.
follow along with what many of these other people are doing.
do not know how.
And many people hate it, force it, and or get and keep getting hurt by it. Hmm. I can't think of why that might be.
You could replace the word running with virtually any desired skill or physical endeavor and it would yield the same results.
What are you rushing for? Are you wanting to be as potentially healthy and capable and long-lasting and successful as possible? Of course you are. So what is the rush? Are you in this for now or for life? Are you wanting to run for others or for yourself? You can't run for anyone if you can't run at all.
Let's make sure you are ready. And ready does not mean for moving an arbitrary distance—it means first honestly assessing yourself and then taking the appropriate next steps; it means being ready for whatever the results of that assessment might be and then doing what needs doing.
Let's start asking. Let's start thinking. Let's explore and practice and learn a few things. Let's start crawling. Let's keep exploring and assessing. Let's keep crawling. Let's test the boundaries while challenging what we find. Let's start walking. Let's keep thinking. Let's keep walking. Okay, now, let's...
Better at being and or doing and or going, and for thinking big and seeing the bigger picture: is that not what running is for? Play the long game.