Wear a Windbreaker on Mondays

"The best way out is always THROUGH"
--Robert Frost


I hate the wind.

I especially hate RUNNING in the wind.

My training buddy and I planned to run two repeats up Lookout Mountain last Sunday.

That was the plan.

Until the wind started howling.

Our second repeat was chugging two venti Sumatras at Starbucks.

We blamed the wind.

But honestly...

We weren't prepared that day.

We didn't have our windbreakers.

Cursing and blaming the wind is crazy.

But here's what's crazier...

... putting your training on hold to go to Starbucks to pound coffee while waiting for the wind to stop.

It's better to be prepared.

And wear your windbreaker.

So you can train in ANY conditions....

Even the wind.

ESPECIALLY the wind.

We put other things in our lives on hold by "going to Starbucks" to wait for the "wind" to stop.

Starting that college degree.

Writing that novel.

Opening that business.

Instead of putting on our windbreakers and getting to it...

We make excuses....

And wait for the wind to go away.

But asking for the wind to go away is like asking for Mondays to go away.

It's the wrong question.

We shouldn't be asking for less wind.

We should be asking for more strength to get THROUGH the wind.

A mental "windbreaker" so to speak.

The cliche  "there's no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothing"  applies to more than just running.

Because with the right "windbreaker," it won't matter how hard the wind blows....

or how hard that that Intermediate Accounting class is....

or how tough that new business start-up is......

or how difficult that new boss is.....

You'll prepared.

Not to AVOID the wind.

But to get THROUGH it.

We're going back to Lookout Mountain this weekend.

We're starting at 4am.

It's going to be dark.

And cold.

And probably windy.

But that's okay.

Starbucks is closed that early.

And I'll have my windbreaker.

AMJ