Introduction

In the current climate of the coronavirus pandemic, November 2020, many runners are looking at races already being canceled again well into 2021. This is an extended opportunity to become the runner you've always wanted to become without the distractions of races or events. The 10,000-hour rule says that whether you have inherent talent or great genes, you must put in a lot of time in deliberate practice to become great at anything. Practice alone is not enough. You can't just slide the bow across the cello for thousands of hours and become a master cellist. It's the deliberate part that misses the necessary amount of attention when people think, I've kicked this ball a million times