Just recently the World Championship for age group Triathlon was held a 100k down the road from me and I did not bother to go.
Now I really like my Triathlon and I have been a competitor since 1996 and have enjoyed so much of what is something I still enjoy but the spark has gone
It is not about the need for competition that gets me up for early morning training and so another chapter
is closed on my life
Does this mean I become a couch potato, no of course not I still have an ego that would want to be able to get through a 5k run without barfing up a lung
For me it brings up a separation of an old way of thinking and a new set of goals and aspirations. When you set an Identity of self around being something achieving a thing, it is a vulnerable place as many people
find even if the goal has been achieved there is a place of loss while the next objective is settled on
I have been going through plenty of Raw Food Blues and BareFoot Pain as I progress through my transition I think that like many others who take the time to write to a blog it is a mixture of cathartic writings and love of a subject to be shared with anybody that happens to stumble upon whatever ranting you are involved in.
This can be an awkward place to be at times especially if your position is one of a left field stance as you are positioned for a great deal of negativity if you find your self in a position of reexamining your path or having to adopt a different tack then you had previously taken.
That is I find is to the heart of all dogmatic disposition when the ego refuses to admit a change is in order to be more in line with an emerging truth.
I find this effect in most avenues of expression and the topics I like to write about are of no exception.
Indeed the very topics I like to write on have gone through a metamorphosis what floated my boat 10 years ago is not what winds me up now
Though I would hope the vigor in which I pursue something has not diminished I would hope that my ability to look at what i now consider a barometer of my health both mental and physical be dictated by growth and
understanding as opposed to the fear of change and damage to an ego.
I recently asked interested readers to participate in a survey that asked for responses for what topic material, frequency of contact and form of contact.
Thanks to all those who replied if you missed out and still want to add your thoughts
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=RAoD9UBdL_2fAanifxIbNZig_3d_3d
So to that end I will still ramble on about my involvement in triathlon,and multi sport participation,but will be commenting more on the role diet and conscious habits have in our involvement of sport and achievements as we set out to be active participants of a life well lived
be an active participant by stepping up to the start line.
As always leave a comment and tell me how you are doing let me know what challenge you are going to give yourself to see growth in your life
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