the physical extra mile

LP : always do the extra mile

I am the kind of pretty lazy girl when it comes to sports and movement. I enjoy staying, relaxing and doing nothing in a comfortable position .


So today, I went to the pool (like the 3rd time since I am in Paris....so....it's clear how lazy I can be , oh yes, and I ran 2 times :P ) . And I did 1 back and forth , than second, and it already started to be hard, than 3rd and I was thinking to stop. Then , I just said to myself : I want to do 5 back and forth so 10 times the lenght of the pool . And I worked so hard to do it ...and I succeed it .

But then , the friend that was with me said, I want to do 4 more lengths. I was shocked, he had already made by then around 16 , so I presumed he is running for 20 ..anyway , I said ....ok, I will wait for you.

But then I figure it out....ok, what if I do 2 more too (1 back and forth ) ? and I wasn't sure I can make it, but I did it, I swam 600 m today . I did the extra mile .

Transporting this to other subjects, sometimes, we go the extra mile cause it worth it and we can see it clearly. Even if it hurts we try to do more and more and push and push. But as I said in a previous post, know your limits and try to see when you are already bleeding and hurting yourself more than helping and doing good.

So for example, if today I was running for the target of 20, maybe at some point I couldn't have breath properly, my legs would hurt me blocking my walk for a few days , I would have a very bad sleep and I will not be able to do sports  anymore for around 6-7 days. So ? In comparison with the 12 , 20 does not give me a good report between benefits and costs paid .

But still...each time we can, we need and should do our best to take the extra mile