I will let the video explain this one.....
Thank you everyone who has been with me on this journey! I will be an emotional wreck tomorrow, but its all gonna be happiness!! Tomorrow is a celebration......
IMUA!!!!!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Holy $#!t....
I think I am going mental....Well at least I am starting to put a lot of pressure on myself about this upcoming race and it's driving me crazy. But why? Is it simply the physical discomfort that I am going to be going thru? A lack of confidence? Or perhaps a feeling of too little preparation? I think it’s more than that, and perhaps throw in a bit of my neurotic behavior and....YIKES!
So I am dealing with it by writing this blog and mentally queuing myself to calm myself down. Mental preparation is something that always fascinates me.....I find guilty pleasure in watching you tube clips of Rocky Balboa Training, the Karate Kid Tournament Montage, or blasting inspirational music as I am commuting to work.
But in the past few days I have been focusing on a few different personal mantra's...
1) UNSCARED...In the Crossfit Endurance community the’ve coined a this word that describes what we are... It’s called “UnScared”. The art of dealing with fear. I know what I am getting into, I know what pain comes from going 140.6 miles, and I also know what pain comes from doing Catalyst Athletics WOD and quite frankly I can be scared of both.
2) IMUA NA KOA - In Hawaiian it means "Go Forward Warriors" something that I adopted from the University of Hawaii Warrior Football Team. I figured since I am going to Hawaii, it is a pretty fitting mantra to have. Interestingly enough, they have a pre-game War Dance called "the Haka" based off the Maori People of New Zealand. It is widely known through pre-match performance by the All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby union team. This form of dance was used on battlefields during wartime, perhaps because of its fierceness. I wont adapt a Haka of my own but its pretty inspirational and heart pumping to watch.
3) HTFU - It means "Harden the F#%* Up" Kinda self explanatory....Here is a little humor for ya courtesy of Chopper Reid!!!
Here's another good one....(Gotta watch the first 4 minutes)
We leave for Hawaii tomorrow! Aloha!!
So I am dealing with it by writing this blog and mentally queuing myself to calm myself down. Mental preparation is something that always fascinates me.....I find guilty pleasure in watching you tube clips of Rocky Balboa Training, the Karate Kid Tournament Montage, or blasting inspirational music as I am commuting to work.
But in the past few days I have been focusing on a few different personal mantra's...
1) UNSCARED...In the Crossfit Endurance community the’ve coined a this word that describes what we are... It’s called “UnScared”. The art of dealing with fear. I know what I am getting into, I know what pain comes from going 140.6 miles, and I also know what pain comes from doing Catalyst Athletics WOD and quite frankly I can be scared of both.
2) IMUA NA KOA - In Hawaiian it means "Go Forward Warriors" something that I adopted from the University of Hawaii Warrior Football Team. I figured since I am going to Hawaii, it is a pretty fitting mantra to have. Interestingly enough, they have a pre-game War Dance called "the Haka" based off the Maori People of New Zealand. It is widely known through pre-match performance by the All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby union team. This form of dance was used on battlefields during wartime, perhaps because of its fierceness. I wont adapt a Haka of my own but its pretty inspirational and heart pumping to watch.
3) HTFU - It means "Harden the F#%* Up" Kinda self explanatory....Here is a little humor for ya courtesy of Chopper Reid!!!
Here's another good one....(Gotta watch the first 4 minutes)
We leave for Hawaii tomorrow! Aloha!!
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