Steven King has definitely helped my training just by keeping my mind occupied on my long runs, but this week I learned something else from him. In Stephen King's book "On Writing" one of his lessons about his writing process is how focused he is on reaching the end of each story. Specifically, he talks about the importance of just pushing forward in the book he's working on. Just keep writing, worry about revisions later, just get to the end. Don't worry about getting feedback from others, don't worry about writing a perfect draft, there's time for that at the end, just get to the finish.

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I took this to heart in terms of my running because I frequently find myself faced with roadblocks in the middle of training. I'll have a bad run, or I'll miss a workout, and I get so caught up trying to correct for whatever happened. This year, in particular, I've done much better at just continuing to run but it's still something I need to work on. Instead of focusing on workouts that are in the past, why not treat the entire training process as a first draft?