She finished!

Yesterday as I was checking into LifeTime to do my daily workout I noticed that the young woman who works there was wearing a plastic boot. I asked her what happened and she said she fractured her foot last week as she was running in a local marathon. I asked her if she was able to finish as a marathon is over 26 miles. She said when it happened all she could do was walk the remaining distance which was over 5 miles. So that’s what she did. She walked the last 5 miles

I made a comment about how difficult it must have been and she said,“I wasn’t going to quit after preparing for weeks and months on my daily runs. I was going to finish and I did!” Her finishing time was over 5 hours and she walked the last 5 miles with a fractured foot! 

I walked away feeling very inspired. I’m not sure most people would continue to the finish line but this young woman knew that she had prepared for months and she wasn’t about to quit. I was impressed.

What’s the point with this little story? She had put in the work to be prepared and she wasn’t about to quit. I can’t help but think that she put in many hours over time but nothing was going to stop her.   This has been on my mind quite a bit since yesterday. I wonder how many people have started a Shaklee business and then because of an obstacle of some kind just called it a day.

It’s not easy running a marathon. It’s not always easy building a Shaklee business. But when a person has decided to finish what they have started, they do whatever it takes.

Enthusiastically,
Gary Burke