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Be Not Afraid: Across the Years

If you can’t beat fear….just start scared.   Being afraid is a natural instinct.  Its an evolutionary protection that that steers us away from dangerous situations.   I start each race with fear.  At the beginning the fear is of the known.  I’ve been at these races, and I very much know the  world of hurt I’m about to put my body and mind through.   I know I will face hardships, and I very clearly know that I may not make it to the finish line. That fear dissipates when I get to put my feet to the course.   It’s funny how, almost in revelation form, I let that feeling of fear grow into a feeling of gratitude.   Incrementally, I begin to realize that I’m somewhere beautiful. I recognize that I am strong, and that my endless training has kept me competitive in this sport for over a decade.    I learn to accept my here and now and, to deal with what is put in front of me. I drop my effin excuses, and realize that is all fear is.   A few days after Christmas, I flew