{"id":12049,"date":"2013-03-12T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T00:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=12049"},"modified":"2013-03-12T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T00:10:13","slug":"the-pain-of-accomplishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/12\/the-pain-of-accomplishment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pain of Accomplishment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/b>Anything worth doing comes with a price. This is an area where it\u2019s okay to have expensive taste.<\/p>\n

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My early track days and the reward of pushing through the pain to the accomplishment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It hurts to win.<\/p>\n

And it should. It means you\u2019ve left it all on the table to succeed.<\/p>\n

But the pain is short-lived in the afterglow of accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Even if that accomplishment is making and eating a batch of raw brownie mix without the kids finding out. The guilt fades\u2014the glow of unshared chocolate stays.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always told my own kids that anything worth doing is rarely easy. It is the message I plan on sharing again this year with 100 other children.<\/p>\n

That would be the middle school track and field athletes I will be coaching starting next week. A bunch of kids who all think they are the next Usain Bolt<\/a> because no one can catch them playing tag and who think they get a trophy for just showing up.<\/p>\n

Part of the growth process with these kids over a six-week season is moving them away from the Woody Allen train of thought that 80% of success is just showing up. The other part is that there are more events than the 100 yard dash and they can\u2019t all be first.<\/p>\n

After the first two meets I collect the kids who are finishing deep in the race (out of 5 million heats of 100\u2019s) and ask, \u201cAre you done finishing 4th<\/sup>, 5th<\/sup>, 6th<\/sup>? Are you ready to work a little harder, but get a better payoff now?\u201d<\/p>\n

And then I match them to what their natural talents are. Big, strong kid? Let\u2019s try shot put. Fast, but short (and unable to compete with taller kids)? How about the 800 meters where size won\u2019t make a difference to speed and endurance. Long legs\u2014high jump or long jump. Not terribly athletic but a hard worker\u2014the mile\u2019s perfect. Thin competition because nobody wants to do the work of a mile.<\/p>\n

But even if I set you up to succeed\u2014I cannot do the work for you. Track is the same as any other sport, or any other aspect of life: You get out of it, what you put into it.<\/p>\n

I teach these 6th<\/sup>, 7th<\/sup>, and 8th<\/sup> graders: Do you think Usain Bolt just gets up in the morning the fastest man in the world? No. He trains every day. He trains when he doesn\u2019t want to train. He pushes through the sore muscles, the fatigue, the burning lungs. He\u2019s dedicated and committed to what he wants to achieve\u2014to be the fastest man in the world. That kind of drive to succeed comes with pain, both physical and mental. So he trains for it. He doesn\u2019t win simply for being born Usain Bolt. He wins because he\u2019s fought through the pain.<\/p>\n

I tell my track kids, \u201cYou know who wins the race? Those who know how to best manage their pain. Because you\u2019re all tired when you hit that last stretch. You\u2019re all hitting the wall at the same place. You all want to win. The person who wins is the person who is not necessarily physically strongest, but mentally toughest. It is the person who trusts that their pain will be alleviated with the sense of accomplishment that comes from knowing that they could not have given an ounce more of themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

So don\u2019t just show up for practice. Show up to win.<\/p>\n

And by winning I mean the pride of self-worth that you earned your place in life because you worked hard for it. Whether it\u2019s winning the \u201crace\u201d or achieving a personal best, you know you couldn\u2019t have given more of yourself. The pain endured in giving your all to get there is short lived. The euphoria of accomplishment is no match for it.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s go be in pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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