I'm in it to win it, and that goes for meeting my goals for IMC, completing the 15 mile Hagg Lake Mud run in February, completing the San Diego Rock-n-Roll Marathon in June, AND now going down to L.A. to tryout for the ABC show Wipeout. Last night I bought a plane ticket and hotel room for Feb. 4-6th. I'm going down to Anaheim for the tryouts on Saturday, Feb. 5th. It's going to be awesome. I got a screaming deal on a flight/hotel and am literally 1 mile or less from the tryout location by Disneyland. I AM SO EXCITED! I've got a slim chance because I think hundreds of people tryout, and I have no idea what I'm going to do for my tryout; however, I really don't care. Just going down there, getting to experience the crowd/line and seeing what this is all about is going to be amazing. PLUS I'm doing something about a goal/dream of mine. I've been talking about wanting to get onto this show since I first saw someone bounce on the big red balls in a commercial. I don't care about the prize money. I JUST WANT ON THAT COURSE!!! And why not?! Life is way too short and I want to experience it to the fullest!
I'm going down by myself and have all day on Friday and Saturday before I head back to Ptown early Sunday morning. I'm thinking I'll go to Disneyland. I've honestly never traveled by myself before so I'm super excited. And I'm hoping that I'll make friends with the other crazies in line for Wipeout. It will be amazing. I'M SO EXCITED! Now all I have to do is get Friday off of work and come up with an awesome tryout shtick...no biggie, right?!
Ok, more to come about Wipeout over the next few weeks...
As for IM training, yesterday I went for a very sad 2.6 mile run/walk. It was sunny and BEAUTIFUL here. You could feel the energy and the hope of spring. Birds were out and chirping LOUDLY and everyone was out. It just felt so good to get out and enjoy the sun's rays. The run was a disaster so-to-speak. I didn't take care of myself Friday night and about 10 minutes into the run my feet hurt (shoes are now officially done - time to buy a new pair). But I was emotionally ok. I just took my time and enjoyed what I was doing with no personal pressure. This is the beginning of my journey to get into shape for Canada. And workouts like yesterday are great to journal about and remember because several months from now things will be different. 2.6 miles will be nothing and my mental endurance will be even stronger. It happens. I don't always realize it does but during the season there is always a moment where I take notice of where I'm at cardiovascularly and then I compare that to a workout in the beginning of the season and realize my progress. It's so amazing to do...
It's kind of like running in the San Francisco Bay to Breakers race. When I first ran it, I kept my head down and focused on achieving my goal of just getting to the finish line. When I met up with my Grandpa at the end, he asked me if I took a moment to turn around and look back on the crowd when I was running up the GIANT hill around mile 3. I said no. The next year I remembered his question. About three-fourths of the way up the hill, I took a moment to stop, walk and look back on the AMAZING scene. 45,000+ people do Bay-to-Breakers. It was INCREDIBLE to see this wide street just covered with a sea of bobbing heads all making their way up the steep hill (the street was covered with a carpet of people). It was such a cool scene, and it was amazing to look back on where I had come and what I was achieving. I've carried that metaphor with me throughout other training moments in my life. It is so easy to keep our head on the road in front of us, our goal, and never truly appreciate where we've come from.
So this week, I challenge you to take a look back. Where are you at toward a goal of yours? How far have you come?
Anything is possible.
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