Whacky Wednesday....Straight up competition mode....

HOLY WHACKY WEDNESDAY!!! Such a weird day today. Holy hell. First I woke up a little late and you know how that is..you rush to make up for lost time and it seems it just delays things even more..ESPECIALLY with this hair! I got to work and the wackiness just continued. Sometimes I wish I could share the insane things I go through at work at times...people are just strange little critters. I will leave it at that.

I often tell people the reason I WOD after work is to get the craziness out of my head! Today -this held true. I got to the box even though I had to scale the wod..it felt good to go somewhere else and put the day behind me.
GETTING SUPER EXCITED TO COMPETE THIS WEEKEND. Here is the deal, I just want have fun-I want to leave nothing on the table- but I really want to have fun. Being around a bunch of uptight people taking like way TOO serious is not my idea of a good time and I don't want to come across as one of those people. I am not trying to win-I am doing my absolute best. I compete because I can, and for those who can't or won't. I feel that it not only helps me but maybe I can inspire someone who is teetering on the edge of MAYBE wanting to compete but is hesitant to try. If I can do it...anyone can.

Just a quick share of something I experienced from my last comp. After doing one of the WODS I was walking to the Athletes retreat area to cool off- this was an air conditioned lobby and a woman stopped me. She told me that her son was competing and that she was sitting with a group of young men that were trying to guess my age. They guessed I was possibly in my mid thirties....I AM FREAKING 46. And of course I was over the moon flattered and blurted out that I am 46. She was quite surprised. I share this because if you know me. I am always talking about how old I think I am. And to be honest. Sometimes I think that however, I wasn't afraid to show up to an open comp knowing full well that I may be the oldest competitor..and I showed up and put everything out there. Maybe this was a lame share. Had you known me 10 years ago...maybe not. For me competing is way out of my comfort zone. I get all weird and emotional and little wee bit crazy. But I love it.
Enough of that



FOOD SHARE!! Thanks to sweet Tori for bringing fish back from Alaska and mostly for sharing it with little ol me!! You can't buy good halibut here in my personal opinion-so here is my DELICIOUS dinner tonight.

Halibut with a little sweet potato plain and I added just a bit of avocado. Insanely good. Couldn't finish the piece of Halibut which was about a 1/4 of the piece she gave me.
Now onto my real share.

I read this a few weeks ago- and it kind of stuck with me. It made me think ALOT about myself and where I am in life. Its a little long but an amazingly good read!! Courtesy of CrossFit Lisbeth

 

Who you’ve been isn’t who you have to be.

Do you get that? Really get it? Do you understand that at any point in your life you can change?
Now, don’t go off on me here. Bills, obligations, families — yes, these things exist. Yes, they are important. We all have duties, responsibilities, obligations. I’m not telling you to get into your car, hit the gas, and never look back. Life is not a Springsteen song.
I just want you to consider this fact: You get one life. ONE. This one you’re living right now. And you either get to be happy in it … or you get to be miserable. Every day, you make a number of choices — each of which either moves you closer to happiness, or farther away. Or (perhaps even worse) you stay in limbo FORf#ckingEVER. I should know — I spent 15 years in limbo, trying to figure out how to change my life. So, I’m not just talking out of my ass here. I’ve been in the dark hole … and I’ve climbed into the light. Let me tell you this: it’s such a fabulous view from here that I wonder why I didn’t head for the mountaintop earlier. But more importantly, if I can do it, anyone can.
And get this: no matter what our circumstances or position in this life, we are all lucky people. We’ve found this thing called CrossFit. We know of a unique way to better ourselves physically and mentally. And, once we do that? So many more opportunities to improve reveal themselves. Mediocre becomes a bitter fruit: you learn to hate the taste of it.

And excellence, once it dances on your tongue, is so hard to forget.

Then you simply want it in all of your life — in your work, in your home, in your love, in your heart, in your mind.
So, if you’re not entirely thrilled with who or what you are in this life, take heart: You can change. You already have the tools to get started. Who you are is not who you f#cking have to be.

 

I can honestly say-there are many things here I can relate to. So do it. If you are not happy-CHANGE! I know...oh trust me I know- easier said than done. But I did it...and I am doing it.
Halfway through the week folks...Stay strong- eat clean-wod consistently and hard and rest when you should.

Oh and you know I have to end with just one more funny share....has anyone ever tried this excuse...and if so did it work?? CRONI OUT!