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establishing you creative pace

is it a grind or a sprint?

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Jim Dalling
Apr 25, 2023
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Last week I took the longest bike ride of my life.

Though I wasn’t prepared, I managed to move in a way that allowed me to grind through a hundred kilometer off road bike ride.

My latest ride was merely thirty two kilometers.

In comparison to the previous week, thirty kilometers felt like a breeze. In fact, I found myself home wishing I had pushed myself harder somehow.

I missed the exhaustion and pain from the prior week. Most of all though, I missed the sense of accomplishment that came from doing something that wasn’t yet possible.

In both cases, looking at pace was important.

On the hundred kilometer ride we averaged 9.6km / hour.

On the thirty kilometer ride we averaged 11.2km/ hour.

My effort level didn’t change much.

The long ride needed me to work with a slow pace just to finish.

Thirty kilometers though? That’s easy.

The question then is how do I bring intensity to a project with a shorter duration?

When it comes to creativity and change, how do you look at pacing yourself?

Are you holdi…

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