Life Lessons Running A Marathon Can Teach You
Completing a Marathon requires months of hard work training in all types of weather. While
there are certainly health benefits to the training, the discipline can also teach you
important life lessons that can be applied to other parts of your life.
“26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running and Life from My Marathon
Career”. by Meb Keflezighi - winner of the NY Marathon and Olympic Marathon Silver
medalist explores this in more detail.
But, if you’ve ever run a Marathon, or are considering running one, here are a few lessons
from our own experience:
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Lesson 1: You can accomplish a lot if you set your mind to it
If you really want something that feels out of reach - tap into your desire to do it. You’ll be
surprised how much you can accomplish if you really apply yourself to something you are
passionate about. Pace yourself. Be patient. If you stick to your objectives and set interim
milestones along the way you will continue to make progress towards your goals.
Life lesson: Completing a difficult task, like a Marathon, has many benefits - including
increased self-confidence, improved time management and the realization that you can
accomplish a lot if you set your mind to it.
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Lesson 2: Make a plan - break down big goals into smaller successes
Completing a marathon is a major goal. You don’t just wake up one morning, roll out of bed
and decide to do a Marathon later that day. You need to learn how to set a goal and have a
plan that you stick to.
It takes months of planning and training during which you’ll slowly build up your endurance
and race mileage from 5Ks to half-marathons. Along the way, you have accomplished big
and small milestones you can celebrate: A new PR. A distance you’ve never thought you
can run. Making new friends.
Life lesson: After you’re done, you’ll realize that with proper planning and hard work, you
can accomplish a lot.
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Lesson 3: Teamwork
Most people think of a Marathon as an individual sport. While crossing the finish line is
under your own two feet - who helped you get to the starting line? Your family with
responsibilities around the house, with kids. Your training partners who ran with you for
countless hours providing you inspiration and motivation to go the extra mile or run harder.
Life lesson: Being a team player, even in an individual activity, can help you accomplish
more than what you can do on your own.
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Lesson 4: Overcoming obstacles - it’s about the journey, not the destination
Training and completing a marathon is not easy. You’ll have good days and bad days.
Learn from the bad days - see what you can improve upon and remind yourself of your
ultimate goal. Life is like this. Difficult goals requires hard work. Instead of giving up, see
what you can learn from it. Tomorrow is a new day where you can try new things, make
improvements based on what you’ve learned.
Life lesson: completing a Marathon is all about the journey you take and the memories you
develop. Along the way you will face obstacles. Leaning how to overcome them will help
you when you face other challenges in life.
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