Day 125 at the finish

One of those days. Know the term? Of course you do, cause if you're reading this, you're human and we are all subject, as such, to swings in mood, focus, awareness and physicality. We all, to quote old Frankie Blue Eyes, sometimes are Flying high in April and shot down in May.

We see this played out on a daily basis in our indoor training and testing. There are days we are (ecstatically) on fire. And those days we are calling 911 to get help in putting it out.

What we do, how we respond to this swing is what separates the contenders from the pretenders. If one tosses in the towel at the initial symptoms of the day being 'one of those', one loses a golden opportunity to grow as a result of developing the skill set, featuring perhaps the grand-daddy of them all, the skill to endure. To survive. To somehow, someway transform the darkness to light. Or maybe simply deal with the darkness, stay in the game, persevere, until the dawn.

We all know what the darkest hour precedes.

Just get there. This darkness will pass. It is fact. The sun, quoting yet another wordsmith, will shine in your backyard someday.

You need to be there to see it. And pulling the covers over your eyes is more than a metaphorical escape.

Stay with it. Endure. Ride it out. Witness how you excel when times are most demanding. Complete the mission.

One of these days one of those days will define you.

Hero up. Get to the finish.