Controllables, high on squats and real sports

HI all,
Every week I get The Growth Equation newsletter (highly recommend), and this week they shared the most succinct definition of mental toughness I’ve seen: “Mental toughness is learning to focus on what you can control.”
If you’re a runner in the rain soaked PNW, you’re already practicing this. You lace up after a rough workday instead of bailing. You head out for a long run even when it is dumping sideways rain. You choose to show up, even when the weather or your mood doesn’t.
And as we head into Thanksgiving, many of us will get an extra opportunity to practice mental toughness.
Make a two-column list.
Controllables: your effort, your attitude, showing up.
Not controllable: the weather, other people's reactions to your training/job/veganism, family dynamics
Give that second column zero mental space. Bring your focus back to what’s yours to manage. It works for running, and honestly, it works for just about everything.

JOIN ME FOR STRENGTH
Will I see you Wednesday night for Strength Training for Runners? It is live, to your screen at 5pm Pacific time. You can't control how your grandmother insists you have some of that Jello thing she makes, but you can come to the interaction feeling high on squats! Information here.

REAL SPORTS THINGS

• Love pants and a spirit of freedom? Thank bikes for that. 
• Just learned there is a Kettlebell Juggling World Association. There was even a world championship in London this year. Please, if you are going to try this, start with soft small things. 
• There are ebike racing world championships. I read that one wrong and thought it was with electric bikes, but it is E like Esports. There are riders on stationary trainers, big screens and spectators, like watching a video game but with someone's legs powering the game. 

 
FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE
Need new headphones? Here are reviews so you can buy smart. Please be safe and wear bone conducting headphones so you can hear traffic and on trails or use just one ear bud so you can hear people approach. 

GO BEYOND
If you have run a Go Beyond race you will know Todd and Renee, race directors from Portland, OR. Now everyone knows them with this article in IRunFar.