Finishing is the hardest part

I am not a finisher.  I find starting things quite easy and do it often.  In my word, I tend to hire people who are detail oriented and finish things because I love the thrill of starting something new and creating new ideas.

I have found that this lack of finishing impacts me in running as well.  At this point in the training program, I am physically tired and as finishing is not my thing, it is hard to work as hard to get to my goal.

When I am doing my speed work outs, I find the finishing of them the worst thing.  I can start running at the fast speed, but finishing the quicker interval is much harder.  The ends of runs are my hardest part.  It does not matter if its a shorter 5 k run or a 15k run, the last kilometre is brutal for me.  I almost always walk to my finish location and in a race situation, my natural inclination is to slow up before I hit the finish mark.  I am pretty sure that is not the right approach to improving my speed.

So in the spirit of finishing strong, I should go finish that sweater I started knitting, clean the top part of the windows in my house, organize the other half of my closet,  and do all of my filing.  Or perhaps, I will just finish the makeover contest strong.

Today I turned 43 and I am the fittest I have ever been, so I should be able to finish strong.