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Chariots of Fear
Oct. 25th, 2009 01:00 pmSome time ago, I read an interview with Olympic gold-medallist Sebastian Coe in which he was talking about his long-term rivalry with (silver medal winner) Steve Ovett in the 1500m. Aparently, Coe's training regime involved him going running twice a day, every day. The only day he had off from running, short of debilitating illness, was Christmas day.
On Christmas morning back in 1983 he got up and pottered about the house and then, feeling a bit edgy, he went for a run. I'll take this afternoon off, he thought to himself.
He got home and had his Christmas dinner and, as he sat in front of the TV watching the James Bond film, he said he found himself thinking. I wonder what Steve Ovett is doing right now?, he thought.
"So I got up and went for a run", the interview concluded.
Anyway, I find myself working this weekend (and I'll be working all next as well). Sat in the office doing stuff which is, to be frank, quite astonishingly dull. To maintain my motivation I'm trying hard to compare myself to Coe. I bet none of my competitors are working this hard! Tee Hee!, I try to think. The reality is that the recession has forced me into it but pretending I'm the Seb Coe of dynamic entrepreneurs, whizzing fleet of foot ahead of my competitors, just makes me feel better about the whole thing.
On Christmas morning back in 1983 he got up and pottered about the house and then, feeling a bit edgy, he went for a run. I'll take this afternoon off, he thought to himself.
He got home and had his Christmas dinner and, as he sat in front of the TV watching the James Bond film, he said he found himself thinking. I wonder what Steve Ovett is doing right now?, he thought.
"So I got up and went for a run", the interview concluded.
Anyway, I find myself working this weekend (and I'll be working all next as well). Sat in the office doing stuff which is, to be frank, quite astonishingly dull. To maintain my motivation I'm trying hard to compare myself to Coe. I bet none of my competitors are working this hard! Tee Hee!, I try to think. The reality is that the recession has forced me into it but pretending I'm the Seb Coe of dynamic entrepreneurs, whizzing fleet of foot ahead of my competitors, just makes me feel better about the whole thing.
