The power of belief is spoken about again and again whenever some kind of success is involved. Lee McIntyre, for example, teaches that you must believe in yourself and your products if you want to succeed on the internet.

Before heading off for my walk, I watched some of the London 10K road race today on Bank Holiday Monday (May 25th 2009). Kim Smith won the women’s race in 31 minutes and 36 seconds – a magnificent time.

Of course, belief was mentioned. One commentator said: “She believes in her ability and that she will be great.” Kim paid no heed to the other runners. Their reputations meant nothing to her.

Mo Farah won the men’s race. He, too, looked full of confidence and self-belief. He had to wait until he reached 7K’s to see results from his efforts when his nearest competitor, Koskai, dropped away and left him to run solo to victory. Mo finished in a great time of 27 minutes and 48 seconds.

I set off for my usual walk soon after the race ended. I did some weight lifting when I returned. I applied ‘Plod Forever’(see previous post) to my sit ups. I used ‘Count Forever’ for the situps as I counted them. I did three times my usual number of sit ups i.e. 150 instead of 50.