Comments on: 3 Trading Lessons From Finishing My First Half Marathon

By: Hugh Kimura

Hugh Kimura — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 04:45:04 +0000

In reply to Kersten. Thanks coach, let's do it!

By: Kersten

Kersten — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 01:40:09 +0000

Great post!
I can’t wait to run your first marathon with you and I’m happy to be your running coach. Just pick the race and let’s do it! As Chris said there’s no reason to postpone it too long.

By: Hugh Kimura

Hugh Kimura — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:46:54 +0000

In reply to Chris. Cool, let me know!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:54:44 +0000

In reply to Hugh Kimura.

Any time, Hugh. We all need a bit of encouragement because as you said, we’re social creatures. Music and friends can go a long way. Reading about what you and others are doing makes me want to up my game, so keep posting about pushing the boundaries, it will provoke your readers to do the same.

Still doing some final testing with my new trading system, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to go live again come fall, I’ll write a post about it as soon as I’m there. 10 pips here I come. 😀

By: Hugh Kimura

Hugh Kimura — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:25:31 +0000

In reply to Chris.

Hi Chris,

Yeah, I’ve heard about the 50 marathons thing…crazy. We are capable of so much more!

Thanks for the encouragement and the proofreading 🙂

Hope you are trading well and look forward to hearing about the 10 pips challenge.

Hugh

By: Hugh Kimura

Hugh Kimura — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:22:07 +0000

In reply to Keith Doherty. Thanks! Yeah, seriously...who puts an ice cream shop THERE.

By: Keith Doherty

Keith Doherty — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:53:38 +0000

Great read! Pretty mean that they put an ice cream shop at the start of the race to distract you!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 08:10:59 +0000

Hugh, you’re right. A lot of times we give up before our body does. After that, we make all sorts of excuses about how we were tired or what not, but it’s just rationalization. Our bodies are capable of so much more, a marathon is just the beginning. There’s actually a guy in the US who ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states (go listen to the google talk if you don’t want to buy the book, it’s quite interesting). If you want more proof still, check out the training videos for either US Army Rangers, British SAS or the French Foreign Legion. I’m not a militarist, but during my time in the Estonian Defence Forces I learned a lot about the frailty of the mind and the strength of the body and I know the above examples are good. I’m not that keen on running myself, I like biking better, but I wish you all the best with the marathon and the heroic list. Don’t postpone the marathon for too long. Just do it!

PS. Have another look at your heroic list article’s first paragraph (hint:you’ve typed a phrase twice).

By: Hugh Kimura

Hugh Kimura — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:08:33 +0000

In reply to soso. Thanks, so true!

By: Hugh Kimura

Hugh Kimura — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:08:06 +0000

In reply to Chin Soon Cheong. Glad you liked it!

By: Chin Soon Cheong

Chin Soon Cheong — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:34:25 +0000

Wonderful Motivation for me !!!

THANKS

By: soso

soso — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:52:15 +0000

Great post Hugh,

I can state that surrounding yourself with people that “push” you ahead makes all the difference in the world. After all we are social animals. Even in online it matters as much as in real world.

Thanks!