SubscribeWhile I was out on my run today a track came on my mp3 player that had lyrics about making wishes. It got me thinking: “If I were granted any 3 wishes and I knew they’d come true what would they be?” It’s a common enough question and one that’s had people pondering for years.
The few cliche answers came to mind: super powers, good health, money, etc. and these were all dismissed as cliche pretty quickly. Then I landed on “win kona”. Yea I laughed too, don’t worry, it’s ok. 😉 But then I thought about it and backed off that to just “race in Kona”, thinking about that I backed off again to “knowing that I would qualify for Kona”.. again I backed off. The most I could be happy with was “train strong, not get injured and race as hard I was able”.
My mental process for the step-backs was: knowing that I could do “X” because of the wish, “X” became a given, not a challenge and without the challenge the achievement was hollow. Qualifying for Kona or just racing to the best of your potential at a given time with a given training base is a goal to be achieved. When achieved you can feel pride in that accomplishment. Having it handed to you, without the challenge, just makes it meaningless.
I guess that’s why I would never consider doping. I wonder if those who dope are so blinded by the tinsel of the win that they forget the meaning of it.
I love the things that run through my mind when I’m training 🙂 Train hard my friends.
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