Well Done KL!

I went for a jog this morning. I had not been jogging for quite some time it’s dificult to start the momentum.

Once the body has warmed up, the feeling of freedom, with the breeze brushing over the face, felt so good. But the feeling only last for about 10mins. The next 10mins was quite a struggle as my acid in the body from Friday’s Taekwondo training made it’s presence felt. This is where determination was required. I made a point to run non-stop at least for the next 10 mins.

Alas, I gave up at 25mins, 5 mins short of my target. I brisk walked for another 10mins, and I remembered Joe told me about Rock Lee from Naruto. He’s the “genius” of hard work. Because he has no talent in special ninja technique, he rely on his hand-to-hand combat techniques to carry out his missions. He always set unrealistic targets for himself, and if he does not achieve it, he’ll set another crazy target because he could not accomplish what he had promised himself to do, like 2000 punches or 1000 push-ups.

I thought it was funny while I was walking, but I follow his foot step to set another target: I’ll climb the staircase to the top of the block instead of taking the lift. This give me extra motivation and I sprinted back to my block.

I climbed 16 storeys of staircase and I must say the last 4 storeys are tough. Luckily, I manage to complete because while at the 12th storey, I was telling myself, if I canot accomplish this and give up, I’ll do 100 push-ups.

At the end, I felt satisfied with the achievement and I know I deserve the rest…Great job KL.

P.S. This phuysical and mental challenges are norm in Taekwondo training, thus it is said that martial art trains the determination and mind of its practitioners. And that’s why I like going Taekwondo training!