Paint by number

When I was young, I came across coloring books where pages were filled with outlines of animals with numbers scattered all around a frame which presumably is a picture of a zoo animal. The objective of the coloring book is to follow the numbers (1 = red; 2 = black; etc) and color in all the predefined numbers until the page is all colored and filled with the corresponding color scheme. Once completed, an animal appears like magic. For some of us, this paint by number way of thinking is how we operate in our life. We just follow the numbers on a page and color within the boundaries and all will be revealed. It's so easy to live life this way.

I tried a similar route to my training plan. I tried using a template from the internet as my training plan but I never stuck to it from start to finish. However, I am rethinking my strategy this time. I am going to create a plan of my own to reflect my current fitness. I will put together a first draft after I pick my first race for 2023. We’re all unique so our training plan should reflect our uniqueness. We can use what’s on the internet as a reference for which we can build our training plan. However, we should broaden our strokes and paint outside the lines in order to discover what we’re capable of.