I have been, well, less than motivated to write reciently. Think it comes with not having to do it, therefor, not wanting to do it...
but anyway, in an attempt to overcome by slothfulness, I once again pick up the pen/keyboard. Motivation comes from Scott and his blog.
Scott and I started hanging out right after I moved to Seattle. One day he asked me if I had ever though about doing the STP (Seattle to Portland 200 mile bike ride). Having not even heard of it, I said "No, I have never thought about it, nor am I at all interested". A short, few months later, I decided to start training for the Federal Way sprint Triathlon and ask him if he would ever want to do a Tri, of course, he wasn't interested in that at all either. Well, its funny how things work out because a combine total of 3 STP's and 9 triathlons later we have come a long way in what we are doing and "tri-ing".
So, most recently, Scott asked if I wanted to do an Ironman Tri. Not that I don't want to, because I do, but not sure I would financially or physically be able, I had to say no. But determined to eventually enter and finsh and Ironman, I committed to a half Iron, aka 70.3 next summer. Determined to achieve his goal, Scott entered the 2009 Ironman Kentucky. (Side note, there are only 2 Ironmans in the US in 2009 and one of them is already sold out.) He created the blog to talk about the training he is doing to get ready. So as Scott takes on the challenge of a life time, its cool to see what he is doing physically, but even more interesting is to see the mental preparation he is facing. To see the obstacles and doubts that are there and how he faces them and overcomes them.
I have started working my way back into the training routine also. Scott and I train together quite a bit, which is great because there is strength in numbers, even if that number is only 2.
Right now my goal is the 70.3, but who knows.... maybe Ill be doing the full Iron sooner than planned. I mean, if being scared to fail is the only reason for not trying, wouldn't it be worse to not even try than to try and fail???
but anyway, in an attempt to overcome by slothfulness, I once again pick up the pen/keyboard. Motivation comes from Scott and his blog.
Scott and I started hanging out right after I moved to Seattle. One day he asked me if I had ever though about doing the STP (Seattle to Portland 200 mile bike ride). Having not even heard of it, I said "No, I have never thought about it, nor am I at all interested". A short, few months later, I decided to start training for the Federal Way sprint Triathlon and ask him if he would ever want to do a Tri, of course, he wasn't interested in that at all either. Well, its funny how things work out because a combine total of 3 STP's and 9 triathlons later we have come a long way in what we are doing and "tri-ing".
So, most recently, Scott asked if I wanted to do an Ironman Tri. Not that I don't want to, because I do, but not sure I would financially or physically be able, I had to say no. But determined to eventually enter and finsh and Ironman, I committed to a half Iron, aka 70.3 next summer. Determined to achieve his goal, Scott entered the 2009 Ironman Kentucky. (Side note, there are only 2 Ironmans in the US in 2009 and one of them is already sold out.) He created the blog to talk about the training he is doing to get ready. So as Scott takes on the challenge of a life time, its cool to see what he is doing physically, but even more interesting is to see the mental preparation he is facing. To see the obstacles and doubts that are there and how he faces them and overcomes them.
I have started working my way back into the training routine also. Scott and I train together quite a bit, which is great because there is strength in numbers, even if that number is only 2.
Right now my goal is the 70.3, but who knows.... maybe Ill be doing the full Iron sooner than planned. I mean, if being scared to fail is the only reason for not trying, wouldn't it be worse to not even try than to try and fail???
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Wow i made someones blog! This is exactly how i see us now after you gave me the analogy at the gym. It is true, we somehow think of crazy things which seem ridiculous or impossible and then we do it. I really liked your ending thought about not doing it because we're afraid to fail, but instead we should do it and fail. Because trying and failing is way better than not doing something because we think we'll fail. We got this man, as long as we're nervous, scared, or doubting we know we're still alive.
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