Le Weekly #75 — Own Ways 🥛
One quote, one word, one shoutout, one story, one neigh from Philosophical Horse and one question.
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Le Quote 🗣
“There are times when we must get out of our head and into our heart.” – Clint Pietersen.
Le Word 💬
train (verb) be taught through practice and instruction over a period of time.
Le Shoutout 🧣
Last week, the woman in front of me ordered a coffee with oat milk.
“One coffee with oat milk,” Barista Bradley repeated, tapping on the screen.
“And a flat white, please,” she said.
“Will that be with cow’s milk?” Bradley asked.
“You mean… real milk,” the man behind us said, grinning.
We all turned around and looked at the man.
“You guys must get some interesting orders,” the woman laughed, looking back at Bradley.
“Some people mix their milk,” Bradley said. “Half oat and half normal.”
“Some people bring their own milk!” Barista Gray said from behind the machine.
“You guys are very obliging,” the woman said.
“It’s cool seeing how different people drink their coffee,” Bradley said.
“And how different people start their day,” Robin concluded.
Shoutout to the woman for ordering oat milk that morning.
Le Story ✍️
Last week, while sitting in the sauna, we were speaking about running.
“When I trained for the Cape Town marathon, the furthest I ran was 21km,” one man said.
“I run about 4km every morning, and I have never felt stronger,” another said.
“If you run 4km every morning, it means you run about 24km every week,” another said, explaining that 21km would, therefore, be easy.
“If you look at the best marathon runners,” a fourth said, “they never train by doing marathons.”
“I spoke to Gerda Steyn once,” a fifth said. “She said if you trained for a marathon by running marathons every day, you’ll peak, burn out and injure yourself before the marathon even started.”
“I also spoke to Gerda Steyn once,” a sixth said. “I asked her if she thought I’d be able to run a marathon. She asked if I had taken energy gels during my half marathon. When I told her I had, she confirmed that I would be able to run a marathon.”
“Why?” a seventh said.
“She said that because I had raced prepped for a half marathon, I’d most likely race prep for a full marathon, and I’d therefore most likely complete it,” the sixth replied.
Before seven could eat nine, the first man spoke again.
“I don’t know, hey,” he said. “That’s why I never look at how other people train; we all train in our own ways, and all our bodies require something different.”
Le Neigh from Philosophical Horse 🐴
“Neigh?” – Philosophical Horse.
Le Question 🤔
How do you train when no one is watching?
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