jody fransch

Last Sunday I ran and finished my first race. It was a 10 kilometer fun-run organized by a local retail outlet (Spar). I decided to enter on the spur of the moment. I’ve been running for about 2 months and thought it would be a good idea to enter a race—just for fun. I wasn’t running to compete, but just wanted to finish. In this post I’ll highlight some of the lessons and insights I’ve learned from my experience.

1. Challenge yourself and make the decision - This is where any journey begins. You have to decide to do something different. No one can make this decision for you. Until you make the decision to lose weight, get in shape, or start exercising, nothing else will happen.

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Many of us have some improvements that we’d like to make in our lives - career, relationship, health, spiritual. The question is – where should you begin? My suggestion is that you begin with your physical body. Improving your level of fitness and/or diet will produce some positive results in the long run. This is because by improving your level of fitness and diet you will have a lot more extra energy available to you everyday. This will result in more energy to invest in your career, relationships, mental, and spiritual development.

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