Kimberly Frey Consulting

A fun fact about me that I haven’t really talked about in this space is that I am a runner. I write a lot about running on my other blog, ” Words from the Long Run,” which I guess would be expected with a name such as that, right? However, running truly is an excellent analogy for life. Each of us is running our own marathon of life, although often we are treating it as though it were a sprint.

Many of us know that a marathon is a really long distance. It’s 26.2 miles to be exact. In order to successfully complete a marathon, it takes a lot of training beforehand. You also need to have a game plan for how to run your race so that you can get to the finish line. Very few people would be willing to jump out of bed and run a full marathon without any coaching, training, or planning. Even fewer people would be able to accomplish the goal of crossing the finish line, and for those that did they would probably end up injured at worst or at least sidelined in bed for a few days at best.

On the other hand, a sprint is something that almost anyone can do – even if it is just for a very short distance. Sprinting requires running at your all out effort, and while elite and professional athletes train hard, practice their starts, and aim towards a finish line, the majority of us can jump up and run at full speed, especially if there is a negative incentive to do so such as seeing a snake, being chased by a dog, or escaping getting hit by a car.

In order to be the most successful as we journey through life, it is important to realize that we are running our own marathon that starts at birth and ends at death. If we adopt this analogy, we can better understand that we must create a training plan and then execute it in order to be able to cross the finish line. We realize that we need to set goals along the way and that we also need to know where the finish line is so that we stay on course. Probably most importantly, we understand that we can’t get there on our own.

Even the most successful runners in the world (or athletes of any kind) need a team around them to help them achieve peak performance levels. When we understand that our life marathons are even more important than the ones run in Boston or Chicago, we become more open to accepting that we need to connect to others outside of us in order to be our best selves. Acknowledging this isn’t the sign of weakness our modern society wants us to believe, but is instead the mark of someone wanting to live life at peak performance.

Your life is a marathon, and I want to help you run it successfully.

I have spent decades developing my transformational coaching style and am passionate about helping others reach their finish line. When you work with a coach who is vested in developing a real relationship with you, you become empowered to dream big, create the goals that will support that dream, and run your race with purpose and strength. That is what I have done for countless others and want to also do for you. From individualized 1:1 coaching to small coaching groups, I provide options designed with your success in mind. Let’s connect and start working together today.

You Can Do It. I Can Help.