This post just saved me from an evening of SELF PITY!!! Why is it as an athlete I can never be satisfied with where I end up ? This my friends sums up tonights experience for me. I am forever grateful for the loving and never ending support of my friends and family - especial my kiddos- Kolby McCloyn Jenna McCloyn and sweet Scarlet always there to support Granny Jo. Sorry peeps I get super emotional when I compete...But this says SO MUCH!! This is long I know but here are some of my favorite parts-Thanks CrossFit Lisbeth for always keepin it real And the truth is that I’m not always the athlete I want to be. I don’t have a problem admitting my weaknesses and showing them to the world. Heck, I showed my scores to 20,000 people right away. In the social media world, I have a rule: go big or go home. I don’t have the same rule in the gym. Now, maybe some people can’t handle the spotlight of failure. Maybe they can’t handle the truth. Sometimes the truth is too much. Sometimes a person has a tipping point—just an ounce over on the scale and BOOM—human eruption. Or meltdown. A dissembling of spirit. And so they don’t want to submit their low scores. I get that. But I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be that way. Life is what you make it, so stop judging yourself so harshly. Stop expecting that others will judge you. Easy to say, I know, but try it. If you’ve demanded the most and more of yourself, there is no reason to hang your head. So you are not as good as others on a workout. Fine. They are not as good as you in other ways. Celebrate their success and move on. Celebrate your commitment to effort and move on. Your score is not you. It’s a reflection of who you are at this one moment in time. That’s all it ever was. If we truly leave our egos at the door of our CrossFit gyms, then we should post our scores—good, bad or mediocre. Don’t be afraid to tell the world, “This is me.” And then go jump into the next workout. As George Sheehan reminds us, “Courage, then, has nothing to do with a single act of bravery. Courage is how one lives.” I demanded the most I could do tonight- I struggled for every rep- I am still struggling to be a better athlete. And tonight. Again...I am one and done. I will be satisfied. THE END! :)
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 02:22:58 +0000
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