Wednesday, September 01, 2004
... never knew i had a following...
things have been relatively busy on this end, so i have not had a chance to fill you all in on the completion of my first olympic distance tri. i actually didn't even think to blog (because unfortunately i blog about apprehensions and failures more than successes) until i recieved some comments that i have an audience waiting to find out (btw, who are you, kenny? do i know you?) if i actually ended up doing the race and how it went.
is the anticipation killing you?
yes. i competed in the three rivers olympic distance triathlon -- one of the toughest courses out here because of how hilly it was. i not only finished, i did not come in last, and i was happy with my time. how did i get from the despair of my last entry to this? that in itself is a long story i do not have time to tell presently. i have learned how much encouragement means to me. the short of it is this: a good friend of mine told me that its ok to fail. sounds simple, but after working so hard at something, i had a hard time thinking i would not do well. i think i care too much what people may think, and care too much about "being good" at something. if i weren't "good" -- i didn't even want to participate. so much like other aspects of my life (unfortunately). so i competed. i finished well (thankfully) and that feat, in and of itself, is a blessing from the Lord... why is it that i want to be able to train and do well and get the credit? perhaps its human nature. (for more details about the tri itself check this out...)
well... i'm glad to say that i'm ready to train for more triathlons next season... recognizing my imperfections and inadequacies made the race itself actually fun again.
(this was started in 9.1.04 but forgot to hit "post"... oops!)
things have been relatively busy on this end, so i have not had a chance to fill you all in on the completion of my first olympic distance tri. i actually didn't even think to blog (because unfortunately i blog about apprehensions and failures more than successes) until i recieved some comments that i have an audience waiting to find out (btw, who are you, kenny? do i know you?) if i actually ended up doing the race and how it went.
is the anticipation killing you?
yes. i competed in the three rivers olympic distance triathlon -- one of the toughest courses out here because of how hilly it was. i not only finished, i did not come in last, and i was happy with my time. how did i get from the despair of my last entry to this? that in itself is a long story i do not have time to tell presently. i have learned how much encouragement means to me. the short of it is this: a good friend of mine told me that its ok to fail. sounds simple, but after working so hard at something, i had a hard time thinking i would not do well. i think i care too much what people may think, and care too much about "being good" at something. if i weren't "good" -- i didn't even want to participate. so much like other aspects of my life (unfortunately). so i competed. i finished well (thankfully) and that feat, in and of itself, is a blessing from the Lord... why is it that i want to be able to train and do well and get the credit? perhaps its human nature. (for more details about the tri itself check this out...)
well... i'm glad to say that i'm ready to train for more triathlons next season... recognizing my imperfections and inadequacies made the race itself actually fun again.
(this was started in 9.1.04 but forgot to hit "post"... oops!)
Comments:
hahaha: 'never knew I had a following'...
Nope, you don't know me, actually! I stumbled upon your blog completely by accident by clicking the 'next blog' ramdomizer button.
So, I wanted to let you know that I'd been reading your blog and enjoying it! I wanted to give you that feedback, but I also figured you'd like to know that condor about struggles in general can be a positive thing for others...which I'm sure you know, but I figured I'd let you know how you fit into that category...
But, believe it or not, the possibility that you could use some encouragement figured in for me, as well, so, an interesting coincidence that you mention it.
So, I'm just another blogger who wanted to let you know how I felt about YOUR blog, and that's pretty much it! Mine's kennyadbloginum.blogspot.com and my webpage is www.kennyjaworski.com.
You wrote these entries at the beginning of the month but they weren't posted until recently?
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Nope, you don't know me, actually! I stumbled upon your blog completely by accident by clicking the 'next blog' ramdomizer button.
So, I wanted to let you know that I'd been reading your blog and enjoying it! I wanted to give you that feedback, but I also figured you'd like to know that condor about struggles in general can be a positive thing for others...which I'm sure you know, but I figured I'd let you know how you fit into that category...
But, believe it or not, the possibility that you could use some encouragement figured in for me, as well, so, an interesting coincidence that you mention it.
So, I'm just another blogger who wanted to let you know how I felt about YOUR blog, and that's pretty much it! Mine's kennyadbloginum.blogspot.com and my webpage is www.kennyjaworski.com.
You wrote these entries at the beginning of the month but they weren't posted until recently?
