"Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and seeing that bell ring, and I'm still standing, I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood"
-Rocky 1975
Physical competition is a mind over matter operation. If we can physically push ourselves to reach our goals will we ultimately push ourselves mentally to achieve as well? In a round about way physical activity and exertion are competitive. But, who are we competing against, ourselves?
How many times have you felt that burn, the tightening in your chest and the echo of the world in your head?
Ok, so I started running. Physical competition I have to say isaddicting. So whether you run, bike, lift or swim the competition begins in your breathing. Its a matter of calculating each breath with a pattern. Executing the right amount of air into our lungs. But, is it our legs that give out, or our un-repetitive breathing that slows us down?
I can't say I'm a runner, well, not yet, but for those who are, especially those who run outdoors, who's the race against? I mean, you are not just running to hit a mile high mark and beat your previous time? You are racing a random car, or the bicyclist across the street, you are counting trees, passing obstacles and setting a designated target, because we as humans are pattern seekers. Categorically making decisions.
"I can make it to the stop light. I will sprint to that tree... ok.. I meant this tree, no, I will not walk today, I can do it, get up.. get off the ground, you loser, people are watching." (I'm just kidding).
Its a funny because we are our own challenge. Its that constant battle of decision making that even an afternoon jog can endure. But is it mind over matter? Rocky states "the distance". What is your "distance"? What is your target in life? Are we accepting of just daily accomplishments, or are we training for the future? All I know, is that I feel the burn, and it gets me fired up for the next encounter. I'm ready to go the distance. Yet, think about it, how far can you go?
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